Roy RUSSELL MM

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Service Number:	2443
Enlisted:	2 August 1915, Place of enlistment - Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, 1895
Home Town:	Tambellup, Broomehill-Tambellup, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 16 October 1917
Cemetery:	Nine Elms British Cemetery Plot IV, Row C, Grave 17, Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Tambellup War Memorial

2 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2443, 28th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
13 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2443, 28th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A32' Themistocles from Fremantle on 13th October 1915
3 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
16 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Pioneer Battalion
17 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
23 Jun 1917:	Honoured Military Medal
11 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Gunshot wounds to knee and abdomen, died of wounds on 16th October 1917.
16 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2443, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2443 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-16

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