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Harry George WICKENS

Regimental number7314
Place of birthSandowne, Isle of Wight, England
Other trainingBrick maker
Age on arrival in Australia21
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTimber setter
AddressBenarkini, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinFriend, Patrick Collingwood, Calvert, Queensland
Enlistment date8 December 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name6th Field Company Engineers, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/25/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Star of Victoria on 31 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Field Company Engineers
FateKilled in Action 14 October 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death28
Place of burialDochy Farm New British Cemetery (Plot III, Row, E, Grave No. 6), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
25
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Harriet WICKENS.

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