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BACON, Linsdell Argo
(Service number 3248)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	*c1876	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	13 August 1915	Age
Address at Enlistment	Stoneleigh, Burwood Road, Burwood, New South Wales
Occupation	Upholsterer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	H. J. BACON (father), Stoneleigh, Burwood Road, Burwood, New South Wales
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	Australian Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	11 Reinforcement
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	3rd Battalion
Date	2 November 1915
Transport	Euripides
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	25 July 1976	Age	79 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Liverpool Cemetery, Liverpool, New South Wales
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Linsdell Argo Bacon was born about 1876 at Timaru, New Zealand, the son of Henry James and Helen Bacon. He was an upholsterer, having served his apprenticeship under his father. Enlisting on 13 August 1915 at Sydney, New South Wales, he nominated his father as next-of-kin, at ‘Stoneleigh’, Burwood Road, Burwood, New South Wales.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [30 March 2020]; Find a Grave [14 April 2020]

External Links

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph record

Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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