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PUMPA, John Ernest Rieney

Service Number:	166
Enlisted:	21 July 1915, at Keswick
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Eden Valley, South Australia, Australia, December 1892
Home Town:	Eden Valley, Barossa, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	14 March 1970, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Angaston Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials:	Eden Valley WW1 Memorial Gates

World War 1 Service

21 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 166, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Keswick
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 166, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 166, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 166, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 166, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood
1 Mar 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 166, 32nd Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918
31 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 166, 32nd Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Gassed

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