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Service Number:	3809
Enlisted:	16 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Cranbourne, Casey, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engine driver
Died:	Killed in action, Bullecourt, France, 3 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

16 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3809, 23rd Infantry Battalion
8 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 3809, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
8 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 3809, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne

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