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CAIRNS, Christopher Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2785 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 November 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cape Schanck, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Flinders, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Estate Manager |
| Died: | Dromana, Victoria, Australia, 5 January 1950, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Flinders Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Flinders WWI War Memorial |
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World War 1 Service
| 26 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2785, 37th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 2785, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 2785, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
| 12 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 38th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Oct 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2785, 38th Infantry Battalion, Per HT Devon for return to Australia. Disembarked Melbourne 27 November, 1919. | |
| 11 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2785, 37th Infantry Battalion |
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