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BACON, Linsdell Argo
(Service number 3248)

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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]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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