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Service Number:	4454
Enlisted:	10 October 1915
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 7 December 1897
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

10 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4454, 26th Infantry Battalion
30 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4454, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
30 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4454, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Brisbane
17 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 26th Infantry Battalion
7 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 26th Infantry Battalion, Temp Sgt but promotion completed upon standing orders after 3/5/1917
3 May 1917:	Involvement Sergeant, 4454, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4454 awm_unit: 26th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-05-03

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