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Service Number:	4527
Enlisted:	30 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	46th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Digby, Victoria, Australia, 28 October 1896
Home Town:	Digby, Glenelg, Victoria
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Box Hill, Victoria, Australia, 17 August 1962, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Ashes scattered at the cemetery on 22nd August 1962

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30 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4527
28 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4527, 5th Infantry Battalion, Arrived at Alexandria 2nd April 1916 and transferred to 46th Battalion
2 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion
28 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 4527, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 4527, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
1 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4527, 46th Infantry Battalion, Gun shot wound to left leg, evacuated to 1st Aux Hospital (Harefield) for treatment
18 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4527, 46th Infantry Battalion, Gun shot wound to head.
19 Apr 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4527, 46th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia onboard H.T. "Commonwealth", arrived in Australia 8th June 1919

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