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RILEY, Earl
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2462 |
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Enlisted: | 21 December 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company |
Born: | Wynyard, Tasmania, September 1894 |
Home Town: | Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Miner |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 17 July 1916 |
Cemetery: |
Ration Farm Military Cemetery, la Chapelle-D'Armentieres Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-D'armentieres, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension, Estaires, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
21 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2462, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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31 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 2462, Mining Corps, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
31 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 2462, Mining Corps, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
16 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 2462, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2462 awm_unit: Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1916-07-16 |
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