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Service Number:	12196
Enlisted:	12 July 1915, Broadmeadows, Vic.
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	6th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Wycheproof, Buloke, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 21 September 1917
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XXIV, Row F, Grave No. 5, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Wycheproof Shire Honour Roll, Wycheproof War Memorial

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 12196, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Broadmeadows, Vic.
28 Jan 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 12196, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jan 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 12196, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
1 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , France
13 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, France
27 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 12196, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Battle for Pozières
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 12196, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Mouquet Farm
25 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , France
3 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 12196, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Bullecourt (Second)
21 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 12196, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Menin Road, SW to legs (blown off) and arms. Evacuated to 17th CCS however died en route.
21 Sep 1917:	Involvement Driver, 12196, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 12196 awm_unit: 6th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1917-09-21

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