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Service Number:	2089
Enlisted:	29 May 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, 1893
Home Town:	Poona, Fraser Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Dairy Farmer
Memorials:

29 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2089, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
7 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2089, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
7 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2089, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane
30 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2089, 42nd Infantry Battalion
10 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2089, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Invalided to England on 16 August 1918
30 Nov 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Infantry Battalion
3 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2089, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Next of kin given as Samuel MacNillie of Poona, Nambour, QLD

Previously served on the Naval training ship Exmouth for five years before transferring to the Merchant service

Commenced return to Australia on 25 January 1919 aboard HT Ceramic disembarking on 14 March 1919 i n Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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