Hector Norman CLOSE

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Service Number:	607
Enlisted:	14 April 1915, Ballarat, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Castlemaine, Victoria,Australia, 3 July 1893
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 17 April 1918, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux Plot 111, Row H, Grave 20
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

14 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 607, Ballarat, Victoria
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 607, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 607, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 607, 31st Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
17 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 607, 31st Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 607 awm_unit: 31st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-17

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