Lewis Robert MARCHANT

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Service Number:	14652
Enlisted:	17 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	11th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Portarlington, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Portarlington, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Mirboo North, Victoria, Australia, 29 November 1974, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mirboo North Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:	Mirboo North Cemetery Memorial, Portarlington War Memorial

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17 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 14652, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , Melbourne, Vic.
4 May 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 14652, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 14652, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
17 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, France
25 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , France
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 14652, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Polygon Wood
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 14652, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , The Battle of Amiens
18 Sep 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 14652, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Outpost Line
31 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 14652, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , RTA 12 May 1919 and discharged (TPE).

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