Searle, Victor

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen Searle, Victor

Service Service Number Number 1494 2439 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 26th July 1916 Gallipoli Peninsula 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 (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1 st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

NAME

Searle, Victor

SERVICE NO

2439

UNIT

20th Battalion/5th 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 ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE

Liverpool, NSW

NEXT OF KIN PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Mother Louisa Searle, 36 Mill Lane, Upper Walden, Essex. England/ 5 Common Hill, Saffron Walden, Essex. 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 DEPENDANTS

1914-15 Star-17512, British War Medal-20630, Victory Medal-20552. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-311401. 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 (Withdrawn)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 24th 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

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