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Albert AUSTERBERRY

Regimental number13
Place of birthLandsborough, Victoria
Place of birthStawell, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionProtestant
OccupationFarmer
AddressStawell, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation42
Next of kinSister, Mrs Rachael Duxson, 'Wallaloo', Stawell, Victoria
Enlistment date28 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularBuried at Armentieres.
FateDied of wounds 24 December 1916
Place of death or woundingHouplines
Age at death42
Age at death from cemetery records42
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave 16), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
130
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Francis AUSTERBURY
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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