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Aime VERPILLOT
Regimental number 4885
Place of birth Neuchatel, Switzerland School Public in School in Switzerland and Grammar School in Coventry, England.
Age on arrival in Australia 20 Religion Methodist Occupation Scroll maker Address 15 Barnacliff Avenue, Bondi, New South Wales Marital status Single Age at embarkation 24 Height 5' 9.5" Weight 133 lbs
Next of kin Father, E Verpillot, 15 Barnacliff Avenue, Bondi, New South Wales Previous military service Nil Enlistment date 6 September 1915 Place of enlistment Warwick Farm, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment Private Unit name 1st Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/18/4
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 8 March 1916 Rank from Nominal Roll Private Unit from Nominal Roll 53rd Battalion Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916 Place of death or wounding Fleurbaix, France Age at death 25 age at death from cemetery records 25 Place of burial No known grave Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 9), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,Australian War Memorial 158 Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records Parents: Charles Euguene and Berthe VERPILLOT, 15 Barracluff Avenue, Bondi, New South Wales. Native of Neuchatel, Switzerland Other details War service: Egypt, Western Front
Taken on strength 53rd Bn, Tel el Kebir, 20 April 1916.Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 28 June 1916.Reported as missing in action, 19 July 1916.
Identification disc received from Germany, no particulars afforded except that soldier is deceased. To be reported as killed in action, 19 July 1916, on the authority of the Assistant Adjutant General, ANZAC Section, War Office, 24 February 1917.
Advice received from Australian Red Cross, Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau, 18 October 1920, 'Verpillo[t] A. 4885. 53 Batl. A.T.F. Fell 19.7.16 near Fromelles. Final German Death List, S'
On 8 August 1922, the Officer in Charge, Australian Graves Services, wrote, 'Although exhaustive searches and investigations have been made with the object of locating the grave of the above named [Pte Verpillot], it has not been possible either to locate his actual burial place or obtain any information which might indicate his probable original or present resting place.'
Red Cross File No 2820107: 'The above name appeared on German death list dated 4-11-16'.
Statement, 4828 Pte A. McKELL, B Company, 53rd Bn, 30 December 1918: '[He was] Of B. Coy. on 19th July at Fleurbaix during general action, was killed by bullet, don't know where hit. I saw his body on the field, in No Man's Land, close to L/Cpl. E.A. Hubbard, and J. LARKIN. We were taken P/W next day.'Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous details Father's subsequent address 'Ville des pins', Caromb, Vaucluse, France Sources NAA: B2455, VERPILLOT Aime
Red Cross File No 2820107
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