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SWANEPOEL, Henry David

Service Number:	280
Enlisted:	20 August 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Utrecht, South Africa, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Morphettville, Marion, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fitter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

20 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 280, 10th Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 280, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 280, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

He served under the alias of Henry Daniel Trichard.