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THORNTON, Lawrence Hector

Service Number:	531
Enlisted:	11 March 1915, Colac, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dereel, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Cressy, Colac-Otway, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Chaff cutter
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 29 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cressy & District War Memorial Gates, Cressy State School Roll of Honor, Dereel State School No 748 & District Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

11 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 531, 24th Infantry Battalion, Colac, Vic.
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 531, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 531, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
30 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 531, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
29 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 531, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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