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Service Number:	321
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Clunes, Victoria, Australia, 30 June 1893
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Ballarat (Urquhart Street) State School No. 2103, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Electrician
Died:	22 March 1963, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne PLOT Renowden Chapel, Room 3, Section C, Niche 03
Tree Plaque:	Ballarat Avenue of Honour
Memorials:	Ballarat Avenue of Honour

19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 321, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 321, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
8 Apr 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 321, 8th Infantry Battalion, From Alexandria, Egypt per Clan McGillivray. 11 April, 1915 arrived Mudros Harbour, Lemnos.
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 321, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Second Wave
6 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 321, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shipped to Cape Helles in support of attack on Krithia. Returned to Anzac per HT Ionian.
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 321, 8th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli
29 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion
7 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 321, 8th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)
18 Oct 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 321, 8th Infantry Battalion, Embarked England per A72 H.T. Beltana. Disembarked Melbourne 10 December, 1917
23 Jan 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 321, 8th Infantry Battalion, Medically Unfit. Received the 1914-1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals.

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