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William Cleave CARSTAIRS

Regimental number1724
Place of birthLakes Entrance, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressCunninghame, Lakes Entrance, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Carstairs, Cunninghame, Victoria
Enlistment date10 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 14 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Battalion
FateDied of disease 18 October 1915
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialPortiance Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 181), Greece
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
52
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Alice CARSTAIRS. Native of Lakes Entrance, Victoria

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