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BASSETT, Richard Azeriah

Service Numbers:	412, V383197
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Broadmeadows
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Australian Army Postal Corps
Born:	Colac, Victoria, Australia, 30 July 1889
Home Town:	Colac, Colac-Otway, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Postal Officer - later Journalist
Died:	Natural causes, Colac, Victoria, Australia, 2 June 1970, aged 80 years
Cemetery:	Colac Cemetery, Victoria CLC-COE-35-807-39
Memorials:	Colac Methodist Church Honour Roll, Colac Soldier's Memorial, Colac West Barongarook Methodist Sunday School Roll of Honor, Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1

World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 412, 8th Infantry Battalion, Broadmeadows
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 412, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 412, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
28 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion
24 Oct 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion
24 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 60th Infantry Battalion
21 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 412, 60th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), GSW left arm
2 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, Australian Army Postal Corps
28 Nov 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, Australian Army Postal Corps
28 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 412, Australian Army Postal Corps

World War 2 Service

27 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, V383197
31 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, V383197

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