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MINCHIN, Joseph Henry

Service Numbers:	421, 82
Enlisted:	19 August 1915
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Guildford, Western Australia, 30 August 1881
Home Town:	Midland, Swan, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Employee
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 2 April 1917, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	H.A.C. Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein, France
Memorials:	Midland Railway Workshops Soldiers Memorial, Midland WW1 Clock Tower & Town Hall Memorial, Swanleigh St. Mary's Church HR WW1, Swanleigh St. Mary's Church HR WW1Fallen

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Corporal, 421, 6 Mounted Infantry Contingent
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 82, 1 Mounted Infantry Contingent

World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
17 Apr 1916:	Embarked 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Aeneas, Fremantle
17 Apr 1916:	Involvement 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
2 Apr 1917:	Involvement Second Lieutenant, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-04-02

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