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RAWSON, Frederick

Service Number:	583
Enlisted:	12 February 1916, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Walhalla, Victoria, Australia, 17 October 1879
Home Town:	Railton, Kentish, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Linesman
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 5 October 1917, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian Postal Linemen's Union HR, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Devonport Cenotaph, Erica War Memorial, RailtonM1, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

World War 1 Service

12 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Claremont, Tasmania
1 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 583, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
1 Jul 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 583, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart
5 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 583, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 583 awm_unit: 40th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-10-05

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