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MARSH, Albert Edward Donald

Service Number:	513
Enlisted:	18 March 1916, Grafton, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	6th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Maclean, New South Wales, Australia, March 1896
Home Town:	Richmond (NSW), Hawkesbury, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

18 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 513, Grafton, New South Wales
22 Dec 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 513, 15th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
22 Dec 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 513, 15th Machine Gun Company, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
23 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Machine Gun Company
10 Aug 1918:	Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, "The Last Hundred Days", During the advance on Reincourt, on 10 August, 1918, he went forward with an enemy light gun and silenced the enemy machine guns, which were inflicting heavy casualties in our ranks. Later, he again went forward with a light gun and annihilated a party of the enemy who were preparing for a counter attack.
11 Oct 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6th Machine Gun Company
13 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 513, 6th Machine Gun Company

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