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Service Number:	595
Enlisted:	16 October 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Commercial
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 16 October 1960, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
Memorials:

16 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 595, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 595, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 595, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
28 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 595, 15th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the thigh
21 Jan 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 595, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Address at the time of enlistment was C/- Commercial Travellers Club, Elizabeth Street, Brisbane, QLD

Next of kin given as his aunt Mary Woof of 'Wandine', Victoria Street, Ashfield, NSW

Previously served in the Senior Cadets for five years

Commenced return to Australia on the 28 July 1915 aboard SS Hororata

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