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SCHAMMER, William

Service Number:	457
Enlisted:	27 January 1915, Dimboola, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Frances, South Australia, August 1893
Home Town:	Frances, Naracoorte and Lucindale, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Natural causes, Murray Bridge, South Australia, 14 August 1971
Cemetery:	Murray Bridge (Adelaide Road) Cemetery, S.A.
Memorials:	Naracoorte and District Town Hall Honour Board WW1

World War 1 Service

27 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 457, Dimboola, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 457, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 457, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
30 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 457, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
18 Aug 1918:	Wounded Lance Sergeant, 457, 22nd Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", 3rd occasion
21 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 457, 22nd Infantry Battalion

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