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Service Number:	6294
Enlisted:	18 March 1916, Cootamundra
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bena, New South Wales, Australia, 19 February 1893
Home Town:	Condobolin, Lachlan, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 5 May 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

18 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6294, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Cootamundra
16 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion
9 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 6294, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
9 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 6294, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
5 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6294, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)

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