Alexander BOAG

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Service Number:	616
Enlisted:	29 June 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Granville, New South Wales, 9 February 1897
Home Town:	Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Newtown, New South Wales, 29 April 1956, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Memorials:	New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis)

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29 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 616, Liverpool, New South Wales
2 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Bugler, 30th Infantry Battalion
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Bugler, 616, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Bugler, 616, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
17 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 616, 30th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound (right thigh and face)
20 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 616, 30th Infantry Battalion, Merris (France), 2nd occasion - remaining on duty
28 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 616, 30th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", 3rd occasion - GSW (forearm right thigh and heel)
10 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 616, 30th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit

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