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Service Number:	2120
Enlisted:	1 December 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Machine Gun Company
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Croydon, Ashfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

1 Dec 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2120, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
26 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 2120, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Indarra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
26 Nov 1917:	Embarked Private, 2120, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, SS Indarra, Melbourne
5 Feb 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Infantry Battalion, From Training Battalion at Codford, England
10 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Company
3 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2120, 23rd Machine Gun Company, Discharged at 2nd Military District

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Next of kin given as his aunt Sarah Adams of 7 College Street, Croydon, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 11 May 1919 aboard Zealandia disembarking on 11 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal