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Geoffrey Sausmarez CAREY

Regimental number4457
Place of birthRangoon, Burma
SchoolMelbourne Grammar School, Victoria
Other trainingDookie Agircultural College
Age on arrival in Australia4
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStudent
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, G A Carey, Irrawaddy Flotilla Coy., Rangoon, Burmah
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date15 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 2, Reinforcement 6
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/30/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 28 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollBombardier
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 21 July 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBedford House Cemetery Enclosure No. 4 (Plot II, Row D, Grave I), Zillebeke
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
11
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Geoffrey and Ethel CAREY, Irrawaddy Flotilla Co., Rangoon, Burma

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