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WELLINGTON, Daniel

Service Number:	2223
Enlisted:	12 January 1915, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Shepparton, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 18 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

12 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2223, Melbourne
17 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2223, 7th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
17 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2223, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
18 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2223, 7th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography contributed

Was believed to be killed returning from a raiding party and went into enemy trench.