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Service Number:	4906
Enlisted:	29 December 1915, Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Southport, Lancashire, England, 1895
Home Town:	Denmark, Denmark, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 11 April 1917
Cemetery:	Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension Row N, Grave No. 39
Memorials:	Albany & Districts Roll of Honor, Albany & Districts Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Denmark War Memorial

29 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4906, 11th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, WA
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4906, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4906, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle
21 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), France
3 Sep 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4906, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Mouquet Farm, SW to chest and left arm. Evacuated to UK. Rejoined unit 27 February 1917.
3 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4906, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, GSW to skull (fractured) and arm sustained at Noreuil. Evacuated to 3rd CCS at Aveluy, where he died of his wounds on 11 April 1917.
11 Apr 1917:	Involvement Private, 4906, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4906 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-11

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