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Service Number:	19315
Enlisted:	29 August 1916, Enlisted at Mackay, Queensland
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies
Born:	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Mackay, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	School Teacher
Died:	Illness (Meningitis), 17th General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 23 January 1918
Cemetery:	Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Row F, Grave 33
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Childers Isis District Roll of Honour, Childers Memorial Hall (Isis District Pictorial War Memorial), Mackay Old Town Hall Honour Roll

29 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 19315, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, Enlisted at Mackay, Queensland
3 Sep 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 19315, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
3 Sep 1917:	Embarked Sapper, 19315, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney
23 Jan 1918:	Involvement Sapper, 19315, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 19315 awm_unit: Signal Section Australian Engineers awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-01-23

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Son of Harriett and William Page of Macrossan Street, Childers, who owned a Cordial Manufacturing Factory in Childers for many years.

Husband of Ethel Margaret Page of 10 Ormond Street, Paddington, NSW

Chaplain A.L. Burr officiated
Headstone inscription reads: A good soldier a true and loving husband and a faithful friend,

Medal: British War Medal