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Service Number:	7505
Enlisted:	16 November 1916, Enlisted at Hobart, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carter
Died:	Due to war service, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 6 April 1922
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Church of England area, Row DD, Grave 195. Headstone inscription reads: Father in thy Gracious keeping leave we now our loved one sleeping
Memorials:	Hobart Roll of Honour

16 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7505, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Hobart, Tasmania
14 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 7505, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
14 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 7505, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
21 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 40th Infantry Battalion, From 12th Battalion
13 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7505, 40th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit due to Pleurisy

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At the time of enlistment he was residing in Warwick Street, Hobart, Tasmania

Son of James Haig and Susannah Berzet Haig nee Wilkinson of Kangaroo Valley, Tasmania

Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1918 aboard HT Gaika disembarking on 5 July 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal