Raymond Reuben BATTLE

Service Number:	2524
Enlisted:	4 September 1916, Singleton, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Dondingalong, New South Wales, 30 April 1897
Home Town:	Dondingalong, Kempsey, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural causes, Grafton, New South Wales, 5 May 1975, aged 78 years
Cemetery:	Clarence Lawn Cemetery (Grafton)
Memorials:	South Kempsey Sherwood Public School and District Great War Honour Roll, South Kempsey Sherwood School Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

4 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2524, Singleton, New South Wales
9 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2524, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2524, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
23 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2524, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion

Information for Raymond

Raymond Reuben BATTLE
Regimental number: 2524
Place of birth : Macleay River New South Wales
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Labourer
Address: Dondingalong, Macleay River, New South Wales
Marital status: Single
Age at embarkation: 21
Next of kin: Mother, Mrs Emma Battle, Dondingalong, Macleay River, New South Wales
Enlistment date: 5 September 1916
Rank on enlistment: Private
Unit name: 36th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number: 23/53/2
Embarkation details: Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 9 November 1916

Raymond returned from war and married Violet Bedford and he died in 1975 and is buried at Clarence Cemetery, South Grafton.

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