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GOOLEY, Wilfred

Service Number:	574
Enlisted:	15 March 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Reynella, South Australia, 6 January 1896
Home Town:	Maitland, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 October 1915, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli.Turkey
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maitland St John's Anglican Church Memorial Altar and Plaque, Maitland War Memorial, Weetulta War Memorial Gates

World War 1 Service

15 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia
31 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 574, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 574, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
1 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 574, 27th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography

Father: Timothy James Gooley, Mother: Agnes Mary Wapper