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BATEY, Lemuel Reginald Valentine Fitzauthorne

Service Number:	166
Enlisted:	13 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Katandra, Victoria, Australia, 11 February 1895
Home Town:	Katandra, Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Schooling:	Katandra North State School No 2192, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Katandra West Primary School Lone Pine, Mooroopna Shepparton News Calendar & Pictorial Honour Roll of Fallen Heroes, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial

World War 1 Service

13 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 166, Depot Battalion (AIF), Melbourne, Victoria
10 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 166, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 166, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
16 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 166, 29th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Tunisian"
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 166, 29th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 166, 29th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 166, 29th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed in Action

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