Cyril Mitchell MACAW

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Service Number:	1082
Enlisted:	14 August 1914, Enlisted: Albert Park, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 3 June 1888
Occupation:	Journalist
Died:	Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 13 May 1960, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered

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14 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 1082, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted: Albert Park, Victoria
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Gunner, 1082, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Gunner, 1082, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
15 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 1082, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli, NAA Service Record states 15 May 1915 "wounded shoulder severe" Notes from the war diary of Sgt. Frederick Gerald Lloyd, 2nd FAB, state: "9th May 1915:- My limber gunner (Macaw) and myself wounded by same burst in Browns Dip, and a Column man killed."
29 Jul 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 1082, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Embarked for discharge to Australia per H. T. Hororata. Disembarked at Melbourne 25 August 1915.
17 Jan 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 1082, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged: Melbourne, Victoria

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