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Gustave Henry FECHNER

Regimental number5013
Place of birthLatrobe Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressTrafalgar PO, Trafalgar, Victoria
Marital statusWidower
Age at embarkation38
Next of kinFather, August Fechner, Trafalgar Post Office, Trafalgar, Victoria
Enlistment date1 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A33 Ayrshire on 3 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records40
Place of burialRailway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 9), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
93
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: August and Jane FECHNER
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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