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WESTGARTH, Horace Leonard

Service Number:	2698
Enlisted:	20 January 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	58th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Hamilton, Southern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, No. 295, Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 12 May 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton Borough of Hamilton Roll of Honour, Hamilton Christ Church WW1 Roll of Honor, Hamilton War Memorial, Hamilton Wesleyan Methodist Church Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

20 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2698, 8th Infantry Battalion
15 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2698, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
15 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2698, 8th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Melbourne
12 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2698, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2698 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-12

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