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Abe SAMINS Update Details

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Service Number:	35587
Enlisted:	3 October 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	6th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	England, 1896
Home Town:	Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Mechanic
Died:	North Sydney, New South Wales, 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

3 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 35587, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
15 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, From Field Artillery Brigades
1 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, From 1st Field Artillery Brigade
2 Aug 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 35587, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
2 Aug 1917:	Embarked Gunner, 35587, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Miltiades, Sydney
1 Feb 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , In France
16 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 35587, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Gassed
17 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 35587, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Address at the time of enlistment was 'Watson Ville', Darley Road, Randwick, NSW

Son of Nathan Samins and Lena Samins of Lachlan Flats, 5 Brooke Street, Coogee, NSW

Commenced return home on 1 July 1919 aboard HT Karmala disembarking on 18 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1924c Abe married Vera Matthews in Sydney, NSW