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Service Number:	1346
Enlisted:	29 October 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hastings, Tasmania, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

29 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1346, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1346, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1346, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
8 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1346, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Split face
16 Dec 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 3rd Battalion
13 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 1st Battalion
19 Aug 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1346, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to defective eye sight

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Son of Mrs Dale of 40 Peel Street, Windsor, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 11 April 1915 on board HT Runic disembarking on the 14 May 1916

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