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Joseph Rees

Name on Board J Rees
Name on Service
Records
Joseph  Rees
Enlistment Age 22
Occupation Piano Maker
Place of Birth Little River, Vic
Next of Kin Joseph and Christina Rees
Address 30 Russell Street, Williamstown, Vic
Marital Status S
Enlistment Date 9/08/1915
Service No. 3914
Enlistment Place Melbourne, Vic
Embarkation Place Melbourne
Embarkation Date 8/02/1916
Embarkation Ship HMAT Warilda A69
Unit on Embarkation 21st Australian Infantry Battalion
Date of Death 3/05/1917
Unit on Death 21st Australian Infantry Battalion
Rank on Death Sergeant
Cause of Death KIA
Place of Wounding/
Death
Bullecourt, France (No known grave)
Cemetery or Memorial Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
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