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Rex WILCOX Update Details

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Service Number:	6878
Enlisted:	1 August 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Dunolly, Victoria, Australia, 12 December 1896
Home Town:	Dunolly, Central Goldfields, Victoria
Occupation:	Miner
Memorials:	Dunolly Bromley Sunday School Roll of Honor, Dunolly M.U.I.O.O.F. Loyal Prince Alfred Lodge Honor Roll

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1 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6878, 6th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6878, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6878, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
20 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6878, 6th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6878, 6th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge
27 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, France
18 Sep 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6878, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Outpost Line
13 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6878, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, RTA 13 July 1919 and discharged (TPE).

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