Kay Chauncy MASTERMAN

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Service Number:	3608
Enlisted:	27 August 1917, Hobart
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Northwood, Middlesex, England, 4 October 1896
Home Town:	Bagdad, Southern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Charterhouse, Surrey, the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, England
Occupation:	Schoolmaster - later Classical Scholar
Died:	Natural causes, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, 4 February 1981, aged 84 years
Cemetery:	Gungahlin Cemetery, Australian Capital Territory
Memorials:	Bagdad Anglican Church WW1 HR, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, University of Tasmania Great War Honour Roll

27 Aug 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3608, 40th Infantry Battalion, Hobart
30 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 3608, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Oct 1917:	Embarked Private, 3608, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne
18 May 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 40th Infantry Battalion
30 Jun 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 40th Infantry Battalion
31 Aug 1918:	Imprisoned "The Last Hundred Days", Buried by shell blast and captured near Clery - repatriated to England on 19 January 1919
23 May 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 3608, 40th Infantry Battalion

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