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Studio portrait of 67 Private (Pte) Raymond Hadden Choat, 32nd Battalion. A clerk from Clarence Park, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 1st Reinforcements from Adelaide aboard HMAT Geelong on 18 November 1915 for Suez. His battalion relocated to the Western Front, France, in June 1916. Pte R H Choat was reported as missing in action on 20 July 1916 during the Battle of Fromelles and was subsequently confirmed to be killed in action on that date. He has no known grave and his name is recorded on the VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France. He was aged 24 years. His youngest brother, 66 Pte Archibald Percy Choat, 32nd Battalion was killed in action at the Battle of Fromelles and is buried in the Rue Petillon Military Cemetery, France. He was aged 19 years. (See P09291. 189) A younger brother 68 Pte Wesley Paul Choat MM, 32nd Battalion, was taken a prisoner of war during the Battle of Fromelles and subsequently escaped through Holland arriving in England on 13 January 1918 before returning to Australia for discharge on 6 December 1918. (See P03236.156)
Studio portrait of 66 Private (Pte) Archibald Percy Choat, 32nd Battalion. A labourer from Clarence Park, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 1st Reinforcements from Adelaide a
Studio portrait of 452 Private (Pte) David George Carson, 32nd Battalion of Norwood, South Australia. A labourer, prior to enlistment, he embarked from Adelaide aboard HMAT Geelong on 18 November 191
Studio portrait of 2167 Private (Pte) Lewis George Brown, 32nd Battalion. A postman from Wilmington, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked from Adelaide aboard HMAT Miltiades on 7 Februar
Studio portrait of 985 Private (Pte) Frederick William Lydiate, 32nd Battalion. A foreman machinist from Cottesloe, Western Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked from Adelaide aboard HMAT Geelo
Studio portrait of 3324 Acting Sergeant Percival Charles Sedunary, 27th Battalion. A shop assistant from Westbourne Park, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 7th Reinforcements
Studio portrait of 859 Sergeant (Sgt) John Pearse, 32nd Battalion. A blacksmith from Perth, Western Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked from Adelaide aboard HMAT Geelong on 18 November 1915 f
