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Claude Ernest ACKROYD

Regimental number323
Date of birth1896
Place of birthGlenlusk, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressGlenlusk, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, John Ackroyd, Glenlusk, Tasmania
Enlistment date29 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 1 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 5 October 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Date of death8 October 1917
Age at death21
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row B, Grave No. 3), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal War service:. Shell shocked, 3 January 1917; gassed, 7 June 1917; wounded, 5 October 1917.

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