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Service Number:	5457
Enlisted:	11 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bury, Lancashire, England, 1892
Home Town:	Collingwood, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Dairyman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 11 May 1917
Cemetery:	Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France Plot 111, Row A, Grave 5 Rev. W.L. Whytehead officiated, Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

11 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5457, Enlisted at Melbourne
3 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 5457, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
3 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 5457, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne
3 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5457, 59th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 5th Battalion to the 59th Battalion
11 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 5457, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5457 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-11

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Residential address at the time of enlisted was 96 Dight Street, Collingwood, Victoria

Son of James Galloway Tod of 10 Lodge View, Faiarfield, Bury, Lancashire, England; brother of Harriett Tod of Bury, Lancashire, England

Other service number 5792

23 November 1916 - to hospital with Measles

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal