Albert Richard KESTLE

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Service Number:	600
Enlisted:	21 October 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Taradale, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Armadale, Stonnington, Victoria
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, near Zonnebeke, Belgium, 28 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

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21 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 600, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Melbourne, Vic.
17 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 600, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Omrah embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
17 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 600, 2nd Machine Gun Company, RMS Omrah, Melbourne
22 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Machine Gun Company, Belgium
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 600, 12th Machine Gun Company, Polygon Wood
28 Sep 1917:	Involvement Private, 600, 12th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 600 awm_unit: 12th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-28

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