Patrick Leo (Digger) NIHILL DCM, MM

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Service Number:	631
Enlisted:	14 March 1916, Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Creek View, Victoria, 25 December 1893
Home Town:	Elmore, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Creek View Primary, St Patrick's College Ballarat, Dookie Agricultural College
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Natural causes, Runnymede, Victoria, 1 October 1962, aged 68 years
Cemetery:	Runnymede Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:

14 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 631, 38th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Victoria
20 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 631, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
20 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 631, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
3 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 38th Infantry Battalion
6 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 38th Infantry Battalion
12 Oct 1917:	Wounded 1st Passchendaele, GSW (right hand)
14 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 631, 38th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit

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