Hunter Wharton KIRKE MC

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Service Number:	396
Enlisted:	13 April 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Armidale, New South Wales, 8 June 1894
Home Town:	Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Natural causes, New South Wales, Australia, 2 June 1978, aged 83 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

13 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 396, Liverpool, New South Wales
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 396, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 396, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
20 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 396, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
7 Sep 1916:	Promoted Corporal, 19th Infantry Battalion
6 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 19th Infantry Battalion
28 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion
25 Nov 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion
5 Jun 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front"
26 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion

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