Harold Percival GAVIN

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Service Number:	5348
Enlisted:	19 February 1916, Dubbo
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cargo, New South Wales, Australia, 9 January 1897
Home Town:	Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Patrician Brothers School, Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 October 1918, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Bellicourt British Cemetery V. N. 3.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cudal & District War Memorial Gates, Orange Cenotaph, Orange Patrician Brothers' Old Boys Union Great War Roll of Honor, Orange WW1 Honour Board

19 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5348, 17th Infantry Battalion, Dubbo
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 5348, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
22 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 5348, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
3 Oct 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5348, 17th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days"

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