Fredrick Arthur (Fred) LAIRD MM

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Service Number:	2379
Enlisted:	4 May 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Company Sergeant Major
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Digby, VIctoria, September 1893
Home Town:	Benalla, Benalla, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stock Agent
Died:	Natural causes, Drummond, Victoria, September 1963
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Cremated, ashes stored in memorial wall
Memorials:	Benalla Presbyterian Church WW1 Honour Roll

4 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2379, Melbourne, Victoria
16 Jul 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2379, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2379, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
11 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2379, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
27 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 7th Infantry Battalion
9 Aug 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, "The Last Hundred Days", ...behaved with great gallantry
25 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2379, 7th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", Gas
6 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 2379, 7th Infantry Battalion

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