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Arthur Gordon Balfour

Name on Board HAG Balfour
Name on Service
Records
Arthur Gordon  Balfour
Enlistment Age 23
Occupation Blacksmith Striker
Place of Birth Ballarat, Vic
Next of Kin Margaret Balfour
Address 90 Francis St, Yarraville, Vic
Marital Status S
Enlistment Date 25/06/1915
Service No. 2565
Enlistment Place Melbourne, Vic
Embarkation Place Melbourne
Embarkation Date 26/08/1915
Embarkation Ship HMAT Anchises A68
Unit on Embarkation 6th Australian Infantry Battalion
Date of Death 19/07/1916
Unit on Death 59th Australian Infantry Battalion
Rank on Death Private
Cause of Death KIA
Place of Wounding/
Death
Fromelles, France (Previously reported missing - presumed buried in no-mans land near Hazebrouck. Court of Enquiry on 29/8/1917 declared killed in action.)
Cemetery or Memorial VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Additional Information Mother's address on Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Circular: C/- Knights Slip, Williamstown, Vic
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