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Service Number:	1709
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Hartley, New South Wales, Australia, 21 July 1894
Home Town:	Hartley, Lithgow, New South Wales
Schooling:	Hartley Public School, New South Wales ,Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France , 23 February 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lithgow War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

14 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1709, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1709, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Sydney

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