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Personal data

• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Ballarat
• Land Victoria, Australia
• Family Son of William and Annie Minster.
  Husband of Edna Nellie Minster, of 2, Grosvenor St., Middle Brighton, Victoria, Australia; Their children were William Alfred born 1912 and Pauline Beatrice born 1913.
  Three brothers: Stanley Matthew Paul, Edward Francis Leslie, Samuel Charles Clifford
• Education Education: 3yrs at Grenville College Ballarat; Ballarat School of Mines and Working Men’s College Melbourne; Military: Sgt College Cadets
• Profession Electrical engineer/electrician and contractor

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 29/3/1915; 13/6th Battalion (although this appears to be some months after initial attestation as he was at this date aged 30 yrs 4 mths)
• Rank Lieutenant
• Regiment and unit 6th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Other data related to military career 29 December 1915 embarked Melbourne onboard Demosthenes, arrived Suez 30 January 1916; April 1916 to Marseilles

Death

• Wounded 4 October 1917 gunshot wounds abdomen, chest and right hand; 3rd Canadian CCS
• Type of wounds Died of wounds
• Died at the age of 33
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXV - C - 9

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