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Service Number:	18872
Enlisted:	25 May 1916, Place of Enlistment, Ipswich, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	13th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire England , 14 October 1893
Home Town:	Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Ashton Under Lyne School, Lancashire England
Occupation:	Carter
Died:	Natural Causes , Palm Beach Nursing Home, Queensland, Australia , 13 October 1987, aged 93 years
Cemetery:	Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld Columbarium Section.
Memorials:	Ipswich District Baptist, Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War

28 Jun 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Division Engineers
25 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 18872, 11th Depot Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Ipswich, Queensland.
31 Oct 1917:	Embarked Driver, 18872, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
31 Oct 1917:	Involvement Driver, 18872, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 13th Field Company Engineers
19 Jan 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 13th Field Company Engineers
2 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 13th Field Company Engineers

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