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Roy John DRISCOLL

Regimental number4455
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
SchoolPort Adelaide Public School, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWood turner
AddressExchange Hotel, Hunter Street, Newcastle, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinFather, W Driscoll, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Enlistment date26 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Osterley on 15 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateDied of disease 17 March 1918
Place of death or woundingDied in Weymouth Hospital of heart trouble.
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialMelcombe Regis Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 3096), Dorset.
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
36
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Jessie and the late William Sydney DRISCOLL. Denning Street, Hawthorn, South Australia
Family/military connectionsCousin killed at Gallipoli, two cousins gained MSM.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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