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MANSBRIDGE, William Owen

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	1 October 1914
Last Rank:	Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit:	44th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Chester England, 13 January 1872
Home Town:	Claremont, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk of Petty Sessions
Died:	Natural causes, Claremont, Western Australia, 13 May 1958, aged 86 years
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
Memorials:	East Perth Department of the Minister for Mines Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie Boulder 84th Infantry Goldfields Regiment Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

1 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Major, Officer, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Major, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
10 Feb 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 44th Infantry Battalion
6 Jun 1916:	Involvement 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
6 Jun 1916:	Embarked 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle

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