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Harold James CALE

Regimental number6732
Place of birthPerth, Western Australia
SchoolThe Christian Brothers College, Perth, WA (Catholic)
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address229 Adelaide Terrace, Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, James Cale, 229 Adelaide Terrace, Perth, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets and Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date7 July 1916
Unit name16th Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 9 November 1916
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 12 December 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialKandahar Farm Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No.9), Neuve-Eglise, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
120
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Emily CALE, 229 Adelaide Terrace, Perth, Western Australia
Other detailsWorked and lived in the mining town of Leonora, Western Australia

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