searle, victor

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Searle, Victor Service Number 2439

Killed in Action 26th July 1916 Pozieres, Corbie, France

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NAME Searle, Victor

SERVICE NO 2439

UNIT 20th Battalion/5

th Reinfs.

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 23 yrs 10 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Chelmsford, Newport, Essex England

ADDRESS c/- Mr. Levy, Wyong, NSW

OCCUPATION Storeman

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 3 Aug 1915

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Liverpool, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Mother Louisa Searle, 36 Mill Lane, Upper Walden, Essex. England/ 5 Com-mon Hill, Saffron Walden, Essex.

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’3¾”. Weight-124lbs. Chest-33-35½”. Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Black.

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED 31 Sept 1915 Sydney per “Argyllshire”

DISEMBARKED

NOTES Father;- James Searle see above address

WOUNDED/ILLNESS

DIED 26 Jul 1916- abt 2am. Pozieres, Corbie France by Machine gun fire

BURIED 30 Jul 1916- Pozieres Battlefield by Rev W E Dexter

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-17512, British War Medal-20630, Victory Medal-20552. Memo-rial Plaque & Scroll-311401.

DEPENDANTS Mother;- Louisa Searle, Rose & Crown Hotel, Saffron Waldon. (Withdrawn)

PERSONAL EFFECTS Gospel, testament/

WILL

CORRESPONDENCE Charles K Adrian, Solicitor Gosford (acting for Thos Seery executor, estate of Victor Searle) MLC Life Ass. L Travis, “Aronmore” 44 Corunna RD., Petersham, NSW

Public Trustee.

REMARKS

RED CROSS REPORT Contains letters from Mother

Gosford Times 24

th May 1917

Private Victor Searle, formerly in the employ of Messrs Chapman and Sons, Wyong, is now reported to have been killed in June last year. He was posted missing for ten months before the news of his death was officially confirmed.