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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
Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of
Benalyn Campbell
And Vivienne Tranter
in compiling this resource
The information in this file has been extracted from official records
held in the
The Australian War Memorial and
National Archives of Australia
(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)
Further information on this soldier may be found online at:
Commonwealth War Graves
The AIF project
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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 (Withdrawn)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.
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8076713
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8076713
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8076713
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8076713
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8076713
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8076713
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8076713
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8076713
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8076713
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8076713
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8076713
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8076713
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8076713
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8076713
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8076713
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8076713
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8076713
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8076713