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Alfred William Henry RAPLEY

Regimental number124
Place of birthEast Grinstead, England
OccupationPainter
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 5"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinWife, Earle Foster Rapley
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years in the Kent Cyclist Bn, Territorial Force; discharged.
Enlistment date2 September 1915
Place of enlistmentPerth, Western Australia
Unit name3rd Divisional Cyclist Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number12/6/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
FateDied of disease 12 November 1916
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XII, Row D, Grave No 8), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
63
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney on board HMAT A64 'Demosthenes', 18 May 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France from England, 22 October 1916.

Admitted to 26th General Hospital, Etaples, 3 November 1916 (not yet diagnosed).

Died of pneumonia, 12 November 1916.

SourcesNAA: B2455, RAPLEY Alfred William Henry

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