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ARCHDALL, Mervyn Henry

Service Numbers:	52, Q219859
Enlisted:	29 September 1914, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	17th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Taringa, Queensland, 1 October 1895
Home Town:	Taringa, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Accidental (car collision with train), Tolga, Queensland, 8 April 1947, aged 51 years
Cemetery:	Mareeba General Cemetery, Queensland
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World War 1 Service

29 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 52, Brisbane, Queensland
21 Nov 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 52, 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
21 Nov 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 52, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
7 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Field Ambulance
20 Sep 1917:	Wounded Private, 52, 3rd Field Ambulance

World War 2 Service

7 May 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, Q219859
7 May 1942:	Enlisted Q219859, Mareeba, Queensland
8 May 1942:	Involvement Q219859, Page missing from Enlistment Register
30 Nov 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, Q219859, 17th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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