Joseph PIDDINGTON

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Service Number:	5177
Enlisted:	18 January 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Flinders, Victoria, Australia, 1869
Home Town:	Flinders, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Dromana, Victoria, Australia, 24 December 1949, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Flinders Cemetery, Victoria PLOT Roman Catholic, Row 3, Grave 15
Memorials:	Flinders WWI War Memorial

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18 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5177, 5th Infantry Battalion
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5177, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5177, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
21 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5177, 57th Infantry Battalion, Alexandria, Egypt, proceeded to join BEF, France per HT Ivernia. Disembarked Marseilles, France 30 June, 1917
23 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion
23 May 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5177, 59th Infantry Battalion, embarked Plymouth, England per HT Ayrshire, invalided with bronchitis and over-age. Disembarked Melbourne, Australia 17 July, 1917
25 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5177, 59th Infantry Battalion

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