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Service Numbers:	6832, 6832A
Enlisted:	30 October 1916, Claremont, Taasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Trevallyn, Tasmania, 1896
Home Town:	Trevallyn, West Tamar, Tasmania
Schooling:	Launceston Scotch College, Tasmania
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Died of wounds, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 19 August 1918
Cemetery:	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot X1, Row D, Grave 9,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph

30 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6832, Claremont, Taasmania
21 Nov 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6832A, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
21 Nov 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6832A, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
19 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6832A, 23rd Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days"

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Also served in Naval Cadets

27 October 1916 - Parents signed letter giving consent for Roy to serve overseas

18 August 1918 - Wounded in action, multiple shell wounds to the head

Medals: British War Medal, Victory