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Service Number:	403
Enlisted:	16 September 1914, Enlisted at Coleraine, Victoria
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	8th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Coleraine, Victoria, Australia, 1873
Home Town:	Coleraine, Southern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 30 July 1915
Cemetery:	Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Row E, Grave 10 Rev. E. Makeham officiated, Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

16 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 403, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Coleraine, Victoria
25 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 403, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
25 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 403, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne
30 Jul 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 403, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 403 awm_unit: 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-07-30

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Next of kin given as his brother James Kane of Coleraine, Victoria

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