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Service Number:	7577
Enlisted:	11 January 1917, Enlisted at Fraser Hill, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1876
Home Town:	Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Memorials:

11 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7577, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Fraser Hill, QLD
14 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 7577, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
14 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 7577, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Hororata, Sydney
28 Jan 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7577, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to emphysema

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Next of kin given as Ellen Griffin of Hotelkeeper, Bundaberg, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 November 1917 aboard HT Anchises disembarking on 3 January 1917 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal