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Service Number:	4181
Enlisted:	8 September 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gatton, Queensland, Australia, 4 August 1892
Home Town:	Gatton, Lockyer Valley, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tailor
Died:	Killed in action, France, 5 August 1916, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Courcelette British Cemetery Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 5.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gatton Weeping Mother Memorial

8 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4181, 25th Infantry Battalion
28 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4181, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
28 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4181, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane

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