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Owen CURLE Update Details

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Service Number:	3286
Enlisted:	15 October 1917, South Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Taunton, Somerset, England, 20 August 1896
Home Town:	Little River, Wyndham, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 9 August 1918, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lara and District Memorial Gates, Little River Pictorial Honour Roll, Little River Roll of Honor WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Werribee Honour Roll, Werribee War Memorial

15 Oct 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3286, 38th Infantry Battalion, South Melbourne, Vic.
22 Dec 1917:	Involvement Private, 3286, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1917:	Embarked Private, 3286, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
9 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3286, 38th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, Killed in action

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