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Service Number:	172
Enlisted:	18 August 1914
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	1st Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Queenscliff, Victoria
Schooling:	Queenscliff State School no. 2373, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Professional Soldier, Royal Garrision Artillery
Died:	Broncho Pneumonia, France, 13 October 1918
Cemetery:	Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre Plot V, Grave J, Grave 4, Ste Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, Haute-Normandie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Queenscliff Methodist Church Honor Roll, Queenscliff St. George's Anglican Church Roll of Honour

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 172, 1st Field Artillery Brigade
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Driver, 172, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Driver, 172, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
2 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 172, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, SW to back and side. Invalided to England.
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 172, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, The Battle of Amiens
13 Oct 1918:	Involvement Driver, 172, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 172 awm_unit: 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1918-10-13

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