Randel John CAPPER

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Service Number:	1718
Enlisted:	26 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1880
Home Town:	Cremorne, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cook & Baker
Died:	Pneumonic influenza, No. 11 Australian General Hospital, Caulfield, Victoria, 22 July 1919
Cemetery:	Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Church of England B 157
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

26 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1718, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
19 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1718, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
19 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1718, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney
15 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1718, 20th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the head fracturing his skull. Transferred to England on 15 May 1918
23 Dec 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1718, 20th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounds to the skull

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Son of John Capper and Rachel Capper nee Thompson of Kangaroo Flat, Bendigo, Victoria

Next of kin given as his sister E.H. Capper of Cremorne Road, Cremorne, NSW later of 'Ascog', Southey Street, St. Kilda, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 24 August 1918 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 8 October 1918

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal