Andrew Howard JACK

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Service Number:	81
Enlisted:	31 January 1916, Place of Enlistment, Townsville, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	11th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia, 19 November 1894
Home Town:	Port Douglas, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	State School, Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer .
Died:	Killed In Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Mossman War Memorial, Port Douglas Memorial

31 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 81, 11th Machine Gun Company, Place of Enlistment, Townsville, Queensland.
5 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, SN 81, 11th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres
5 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, SN 81, 11th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Borda, Sydney
20 Nov 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 11th Machine Gun Company
18 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, SN 81, 11th Machine Gun Company, Gun Shot Wound to lower extremities
12 Oct 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, SN 81, 11th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres

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