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Service Number:	404
Enlisted:	14 August 1914
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 1879
Home Town:	Castlemaine, Mount Alexander, Victoria
Occupation:	Butcher (later Farmer)
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 8 November 1960, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Commemorated in the Victorian Garden of Remembrance

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14 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 404, 11th Infantry Battalion
2 Nov 1914:	Involvement Private, 404, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914:	Embarked Private, 404, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
23 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 404, 11th Infantry Battalion, Was wounded in the leg by a gunshot on the first day of Pozières.
19 Oct 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 11th Infantry Battalion, Promoted Corporal to complete establishment.
17 Jun 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 404, 11th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia due to Neurasthenia & Tachycardia
13 Sep 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 404, 11th Infantry Battalion, Discharged in 5th Military District (WA) medically unfit.

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