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CAVANAGH, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 213 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Balnarring, Victoria, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Balnarring, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Balnarring State School |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Gun shot wound to face and skull, received in action - died of wounds, 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Etaples, France, 24 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension, France Plot II, Row Q, Grave 11. Buried by Chaplain P Baker., Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension, Estaires, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 213 | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 213, 29th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 213, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne |
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