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Service Number:	1231
Enlisted:	12 March 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Yarra Glen, Victoria, Australia , May 1894
Home Town:	Yarra Glen, Yarra Ranges, Victoria
Schooling:	Yarra Glen State School and Steeles Creek State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 3 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kangaroo Ground Shire of Eltham Tower of Remembrance, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Yarra Glen Avenue of Honour Monument

12 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1231, Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1231, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1231, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
3 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1231, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood

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