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Bazil Hope COLEFAX

Regimental number3714
Place of birthMaclean New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressHyde Road, Yeronga, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinWife, Mrs V I Colefax, Hyde Road, Yeronga, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 30 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll47th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 9 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialWarloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VII, Row B, Grave No. 7)
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
143
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Native of Maclean, Clarence River, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother in law: Olley Carl Bush

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