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Herbert BUCKLEY

Regimental number94
Place of birthMilnrow, Rochdale, Lancashire, England
SchoolChurch of England School, Milnrow, Lancashire, England
Age on arrival in Australia21
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarm labourer
Address27 Red Lane, Hamer Rochdale Lane, England
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, John Buckley, 27 Red Lane, Hamer Rochdale Land, England
Enlistment date13 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Machine Gun Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 November 1916
Place of death or woundingFlers, France
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialA.I.F. Burial Ground (Plot X, Row L, Grave No. 4), Grass Lane, Flers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
177
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Charity BUCKLEY, 27 Red Lane, Rochdale, Lancs, England
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 3 served in the British Army, one being killed in action, 25 October 1915.

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