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Allan Lester BUCKMASTER

Regimental number688
Place of birthYass New South Wales
SchoolYass (?) Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWarder
AddressRottnest Island, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation43
Next of kinMother, Mrs Alice Buckmaster, Queanbeyan, New South Wales
Enlistment date6 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll4 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name44th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/61/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 6 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll44th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 1 February 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death44
Age at death from cemetery records44
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot II, row C, Grave No. 12A), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
137
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Alice BUCKMASTER. Native of Chilton, Yass, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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