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Service Numbers:	1401, 1440, 1401, 1440
Enlisted:	2 November 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW Originally issued with service number 1401 but later changed to 1440
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Liverpool, Fairfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Timber Cutter
Died:	Died of wounds, Ras-el-Tin Military Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 30 May 1915
Cemetery:	Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Row M, Grave 97 Chaplain Rev. Oliphant officiated, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

2 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1401, 1440, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW Originally issued with service number 1401 but later changed to 1440
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1401, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1401, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney
30 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1440, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1440 awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-30

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Next of kin given as his brother of Charles McVea of Irish Town, Tasmania later changed to his niece L. Tuxford of Boolaroo, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to his niece L. Tuxford