Archibald CAIRNS

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Service Number:	27757
Enlisted:	5 May 1916
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	1st Divisional Ammunition Column
Born:	Cape Schanck, Victoria, Australia, 18 January 1888
Home Town:	Flinders, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Occupation:	Contractor and carrier
Died:	Flinders, Victoria, Australia, 21 June 1950, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Flinders Cemetery, Victoria PLOT Presbyterian, Row 2, Grave 43
Memorials:	Flinders WWI War Memorial

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5 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 27757, 15th Field Artillery Brigade
20 Oct 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 27757, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 27757, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Borda, Melbourne
28 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column
20 Nov 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 27757, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Embarked Plymouth, England for return to Australia, dermatitis. Disembarked Melbourne, 5 January, 1919
23 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 27757, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column

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