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Service Numbers:	6768, 6768A
Enlisted:	9 January 1917, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Glen Waverly, Victoria, Australia, February 1898
Home Town:	Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Stott's Business College
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 20 May 1918
Cemetery:	Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension Plot 111, Row B, Grave 8
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

9 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6768, Melbourne, Victoria
11 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6768, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
11 May 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6768, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
9 Mar 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. 22nd
20 May 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6768A, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Merris (France), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6768A awm_unit: 22 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-05-20

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22 Battalion

Basil and Jane AMES, 24 Atkinson Street, Oakleigh, Victoria. Previously Glen Waverley, Victoria

Jane Ames is said to have died of a broken heart not long after Basil died. He was only 20.