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AARONS, Maurice Lewis
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2281 |
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Enlisted: | 15 May 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Carlton, Victoria, 7 November 1880 |
Home Town: | Broome, Broome, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Model School, Spring St. Melbourne |
Occupation: | Pearler |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli,Turkey, 8 August 1915, aged 34 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broome Roads Board WWI Roll of Honour, Broome War Memorial (New), Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, WA Jewish War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
15 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2281, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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25 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2281, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
25 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2281, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Wandilla, Fremantle | |
30 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2281, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
8 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2281, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Maurice Lewis AARONS was born on 7th November, 1880 in Carlton, Victoria
His parents were Lewis AARONS and Letitia HENWOOD