Roy Arthur CAPPS

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Service Number:	2615
Enlisted:	20 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Millthorpe, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 1942, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Orange WW1 Honour Board, Spring Hill Commemorative Roll

20 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2615, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 2615, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 2615, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
17 Aug 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2615, 20th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to Synovitis to the right knee

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Son of Arthur Capps and Eva Ann Capps of Wardell Road, Marrickville, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 28 January 1916 aboard HT Kanowna

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Roy married Madeleine L. Aubin in Sydney, NSW