Maurice Weston PALMER

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Service Numbers:	1104, 1104A
Enlisted:	3 December 1914, Enlisted at Alexandria, Egypt
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Litcharm, Swaffham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, 1894
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Grammar School, Swaffham, Norfolk
Occupation:	Motor Engineer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 20 July 1915
Cemetery:	Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 11, Row A, Grave 73 Chaplain W.E. Dexter officiated, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1104, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Alexandria, Egypt
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 1104A, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 1104A, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
9 May 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli
20 Jul 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1104, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1104 awm_unit: 5 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-07-20

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Arrived in Australia aged 14 years

Son of Attwell Lynch Palmer and Frances Weston Palmer of Pentney, Norfolk, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the British Territorials for about 2 years