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GATLIFF, Michael Penrose
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 784 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Surrey Hills, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 14 March 1892 |
| Home Town: | Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Motor cycle accident, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 8 April 1927, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Burwood General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 784, 8th Infantry Battalion, Surrey Hills, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 784, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 784, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 784, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 28 Apr 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Jun 1917: | Promoted Lieutenant, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Oct 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 10th Infantry Battalion, HT Borda, England for return to Australia (1914 leave) - disembarking Adelaide 15 December 1918 then by rail to Melbourne. | |
| 16 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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