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LANCASTER, Hartley Edgar

Service Number:	2913
Enlisted:	25 April 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Lofty, South Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Glen Osmond, Burnside, South Australia
Schooling:	Stirling West Public School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 31 July 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Myrtle Bank War Memorial

World War 1 Service

25 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2913, Adelaide, South Australia
16 Dec 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2913, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2913, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide
31 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2913, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres

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