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Joshua Haddon FENTON

Regimental number14808
Place of birthWoollahra New South Wales
SchoolFourth Street Public School, Woolahra, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLibrarian
AddressAshfield, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, C Fenton, 19 John Street Ashfield, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date3 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll24 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameArmy Medical Corps, August 1916 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number26/99/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 9 September 1916
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Field Ambulance
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWounded Villers-Bretonneux, France; died in Cheltenham, England.
FateDied of wounds 1 May 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialCheltenham Cemetery (Row M, Grave No. 9162), Prestbury, Gloucestershire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
182
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Eleanor Mary FENTON, 18 Station Street, Petersham, New South Wales. Native of Sydney, New South Wales

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