Harry RAFTON

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Service Number:	634
Enlisted:	1 March 1915, Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 22 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Panel 62, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

1 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 634, 18th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 634, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 634, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
22 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 634, 18th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Killed in action during the attack on Hill 60. Embarked for Gallipoli on 16 August 1915.

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