Alexander O'SHANNESSY

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Service Number:	3215
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Home Town:	Korumburra, South Gippsland, Victoria
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 24 July 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Pozieres British Cemetery Ovillers-La Boisselle, Pozieres, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Korumburra War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

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26 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3215, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
26 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3215, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
24 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 3215, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3215 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-24

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