Guiseppe CAPRA

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Service Number:	4706
Enlisted:	28 October 1915, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Italy, 1896
Home Town:	Halifax, Hinchinbrook, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cane Cutter
Died:	23 December 1970, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Roman Catholic area FM, Row 29F, Grave 598. Interred on the 29 December 1970 Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

28 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4706, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
12 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4706, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
12 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4706, 26th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mooltan, Sydney
14 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4706, 26th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wounds to the arm and neck
2 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4706, 26th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the right arm
21 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4706, 26th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Alexander Capra and Filomena Capra of Herbert River, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 15 May 1919 aboard HT Ypringa disembarking on 5 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 14 December 1939 Guiseppe married Maria Barra in QLD

From Philippe Clerbout

Giuseppe Capra fought for Australia in WWI but was interned during WWII because of his Italian heritage.

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