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SEARLE, John Alexander

Service Number:	1263
Enlisted:	14 May 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tinamba, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Penguin, Central Coast, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Dysentery contracted at Gallipoli, At Sea, Greece, 10 December 1915, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	East Mudros Military Cemetery East Mudros Military Cemetery, Mudros, Lemnos, Aegean Islands, Greece
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

14 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1263, 26th Infantry Battalion
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1263, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1263, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

He served under the alias of Michael Young.