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EGAN, William Alex

Service Number:	5675
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	60th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Condah, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Framlingham, Moyne, Victoria
Schooling:	Purorain State School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 25 April 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, commemoration details: Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

3 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 5675, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
3 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 5675, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne
25 Apr 1918:	Involvement Private, 5675, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5675 awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-25

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Biography

Born in 1893, exact date unknown.