Garrett SWANSON

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Service Number:	705
Enlisted:	16 March 1915, Nathalia, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Nathalia, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Nathalia, Strathbogie, Victoria
Schooling:	Nathalia State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Timber cutter
Died:	Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 4 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nathalia Rock and Chain Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

16 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 705, 24th Infantry Battalion, Nathalia, Vic.
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 705, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 705, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
30 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 705, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 705, 24th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
4 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 705, 24th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)

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