MARSHALL, Lancelot Lewin
Service Number: | 26221 |
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Enlisted: | 23 February 1916 |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 13th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Deloraine, Tasmania, 21 February 1897 |
Home Town: | Ulverstone, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Ulverstone State School, Tasmania |
Occupation: | Horse Driver |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 21 August 1917, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Vlamertinghe, Flanders, Belgium Plot VIII, Row F, grave 10 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ulverstone Primary School War Memorial, Ulverstone Shrine of Remembrance |
World War 1 Service
23 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 26221, 13th Field Artillery Brigade | |
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1 Aug 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 26221, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
1 Aug 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 26221, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
21 Aug 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 26221, 13th Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Lancelot Lewin MARSHALL was born in Deloraine, Tasmania on 21st February, 1897
His parents were Richard MARSHALL and Julia Harriet DOWNES
He had previously served in the 91st Infantry, A Company before he enlisted for WW1 on 23rd February, 1916 & embarked from Melbourne with the 13th Field Artillery Brigade, 4th reinforcements on 1st August, 1916 on the ship HMAT Orsova
Lancelot was Killed in Action in France on 21st August, 1917 and is buried in Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
Medals: British War Medal & Victory Medal