Albert John TOWNSEND

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Service Number:	6150
Enlisted:	19 April 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Shenstone, England, January 1897
Home Town:	Renmark, Renmark Paringa, South Australia
Schooling:	Aldridge School
Occupation:	Fruit grower/Horse driver
Died:	Killed in Action, Jeancourt, France, 18 September 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Men from Renmark and District Roll of Honor Boards (4), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

19 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6150, 10th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia
12 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6150, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
12 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6150, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide
6 May 1917:	Wounded Bullecourt (Second), Shell wound - leg
30 Apr 1918:	Wounded GSW left forearm
18 Sep 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6150, 10th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days"

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