Michael William AYLWARD

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AYLWARD, Michael William

Service Number:	2102
Enlisted:	17 July 1915, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Egerton, Victoria, 1888
Home Town:	Sebastopol, Ballarat, Victoria
Schooling:	Not known
Occupation:	Stevedor
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 26 August 1916
Cemetery:	Aveluy Wood Cemetery, (Lancashire Dump), Mesnil-Martinsart Plot I, Row M, Grave 7, Aveluy Wood Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board

World War 1 Service

17 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2102, 21st Infantry Battalion, Melbourne
27 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2102, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
27 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2102, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
26 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2102, 21st Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Michael William AYLWARD was born in 1888 in Mount Egerton, Victoria

His parents were Michael AYLWARD and Mary Ann WALSH

He enlisted in Melbourne on 17th July, 1915 & embarked with the 21st Infantry Battalion, 4th Reinforcements on 27th September, 1915 on the ship Hororata

Michael was Killed in Action in France on 26th August, 1916 and is buried in Aveluy Wood Cemetery

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal

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