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REES, Henry David

Service Number:	4279
Enlisted:	5 September 1915
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bulli, New South Wales, Australia , 1894
Home Town:	Woonona, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 4 February 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bulli Great War Memorial, Bulli Roll of Honour, Bulli-Woonona War Memorial , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

5 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4279, 13th Infantry Battalion
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4279, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4279, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
4 Feb 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 4279, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4279 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-02-04

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of William and Charlotte REES, Main Road, Woonona, New South Wales