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Service Number:	1621
Enlisted:	4 January 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Winchester, Hampshire, England, 1885
Home Town:	Jandakot, City of Cockburn, Western Australia
Schooling:	Woolston College, Southampton, Hampshire, England
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 11, Row I, Grave 42 , Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

4 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1621, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
22 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1621, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
22 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1621, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle

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Son of Walter nd Laurie Elizabeth Ray of Winchester, Hampshire, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously worked as a Fruit Farmer and had been employed with the Board of Education for about 15 years