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UNDERWOOD, Mervyn Gilbert
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 3573, V16214 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 August 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Army Troops Company/ies RAE |
| Born: | Penshurst, Victoria, Australia, 17 June 1897 |
| Home Town: | Penshurst, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Penshurst, Victoria, Australia, 1 January 1986, aged 88 years |
| Cemetery: |
Boram Boram Cemetery, Penshurst, Victoria |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3573, 7th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3573, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3573, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3573, 58th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
World War 2 Service
| 17 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, V16214, Army Troops Company/ies RAE, Royal Park, Vic. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Phillip Thomas Underwood and Bertha Underwood nee Edlich of Penshurst, Victoria.
Next of kin given as his guardian Mary Ann Hill of Penshurst, Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia on 6 September 1919 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 20 October 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1924c Mervyn married Mary Alma Barber in Victoria
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