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MITCHELL, Raymond Summerhayes

Service Number:	583
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted in Ararat Victoria, and assigned to E Company of 8th Infantry Battalion.
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Richmond, Victoria, Australia, February 1894
Home Town:	Ararat, Ararat, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Draper's Assistant
Died:	Victoria, Australia, 9 January 1986, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
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World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 583, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Ararat Victoria, and assigned to E Company of 8th Infantry Battalion.
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 583, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 583, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
7 Apr 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion
26 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 583, 8th Infantry Battalion, Sustained severe gunshot wounds to the chest and arm in Pozieres.
3 Oct 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 583, 8th Infantry Battalion, Embarked in France for return to Australia on 1914 enlistees' furlough (ANZAC leave).
21 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 583, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged in 3rd Military District, Melbourne.

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