David Sydney WANLISS CMG MiD

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	8 August 1914, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit:	65th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, 20 February 1864
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Ballarat College, Victoria and the University of Cambridge, England
Occupation:	Barrister at Law - later Judge
Died:	Natural causes, Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 25 September 1943, aged 79 years
Cemetery:	Eltham Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:	Law Institute of Victoria

8 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 5th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
20 Jul 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 65th Infantry Battalion

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