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BARCLAY, Albert John Isaac

Service Number:	2594
Enlisted:	11 July 1916, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Boort, Victoria, Australia, November 1897
Home Town:	Boort, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	Boort State School & Wesley College, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boort Fallen Comrades Pictorial Honour Roll, Boort Soldiers War Memorial, Boort State School No 1796 Roll of Honor WW1, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

11 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2594, Melbourne, Victoria
25 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2594, 59th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2594, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2594, 59th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2594 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-26
26 Sep 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2594, 59th Infantry Battalion, K.I.A.

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