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Service Number:	2740
Enlisted:	29 April 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mitchells Island, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Taree, Greater Taree, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner, Labourer
Died:	Died of Wounds, France, 23 November 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban I. 40. "Remembered with Honour"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

29 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
9 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2740, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
13 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion
3 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Pioneer Battalion
10 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion
23 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2740, Died of Wounds on this day.

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