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Harold Albert WOOLSTON

Regimental number4612
Place of birthIslington New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
AddressDent Street, Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, W Woolston, Dent Street, Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales
Enlistment date17 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Osterley on 15 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of wounds 10 April 1917
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialPozieres British Cemetery (Plot II, Row J, Grave No. 33), Ovillers-La-Boiselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
179
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Alfred and Betty WOOLSTON
Family/military connectionsBrother: 567 Pte Walter John WOOLSTON, 30th Bn, died of cerebral tumor, 17 May 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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