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Alexander Stuart DE SILVA

Regimental number7595
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationDriver
AddressBrunswick, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs M De Silva, 17 Ballarat Street, Brunswick, Victoria
Enlistment date27 June 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 25th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/6
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 4 August 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 23 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 18), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
46
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Mary DE SILVA, 8 Goodman Street Brunswick, Victoria. Born at Cootamundra, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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