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Service Number:	19926
Enlisted:	9 July 1917
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, 16 May 1879
Home Town:	Hurstville Grove, Kogarah, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Heart Failure, Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia, 22 May 1973, aged 94 years
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Methodist Monumental, Section W1, Position 0018
Memorials:	Municipality of Hurstville Pictorial Honour Roll No 1

9 Jul 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 19926, Reinforcements WW1
21 Nov 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 19926, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
21 Nov 1917:	Embarked Sapper, 19926, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
23 Jul 1919:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 40th Infantry Battalion

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