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MACOBOY, Michael Francis

Service Number:	609
Enlisted:	15 September 1914, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Marist Brothers College, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Motor mechanic
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipol, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 April 1915
Cemetery:	Quinn's Post Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial No. 15, Quinn's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

15 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 609, 14th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
27 Nov 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 609, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 609, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
6 Feb 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
27 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 609, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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