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PUNCHER, Joseph Samuel

Service Number:	482
Enlisted:	18 January 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Avenel, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Avenel, Strathbogie, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Trapper
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 21 November 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	AIF Burial Ground, Grass Lane, Flers AIF Burial Ground, Flers, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Avenel War Memorial, Korumburra War Memorial, Poowong Great War Honour Board, Poowong War Memorial

World War 1 Service

18 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 482, 21st Infantry Battalion
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 482, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 482, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
29 Aug 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

Enlisted and served as James Samuel Puncher