Albert Victor DRAFFIN

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Service Number:	365
Enlisted:	28 January 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rupanyup, Victoria, Australia, 1 May 1895
Home Town:	Rupanyup, Yarriambiack, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Mill hand
Died:	Wounds, 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, Puchevillers, France, 7 August 1916, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Puchevillers British Cemetery, France Puchevillers British Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 4), France, Puchevillers British Cemetery, Puchevillers, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rupanyup "Killed in Action" Roll of Honour, Rupanyup Memorial Hall Great War Honour Roll, Rupanyup Methodist Circuit Great War Roll of Honor, Rupanyup Recreation Reserve Memorial Gates, Rupanyup Roll of Honour (Unidentified)

28 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 365, 22nd Infantry Battalion
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 365, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 365, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
5 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 365, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, SW to left arm, advance towards Mouquet Farm DOW 3rd CCS, Puchevillers

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