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Service Number:	2753
Enlisted:	25 August 1916, Enlisted Rochester Victoria allocated to 6th reinforcement’s 60th Battalion at Bendigo Camp Victoria on 25th September 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	37th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 27 September 1897
Home Town:	Rochester, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling:	Rochester, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Coach Painter
Died:	Natural Causes , Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 2 December 1961, aged 64 years
Cemetery:	Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:	Rochester Holy Trinity Anglican Church Rochester & District Honor Roll

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25 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2753, 60th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Rochester Victoria allocated to 6th reinforcement’s 60th Battalion at Bendigo Camp Victoria on 25th September 1916
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2753, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2753, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
28 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Transferred to 67th Battalion at Windmill Farm UK on establishment of Unit
1 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 37th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the 37th Infantry Battalion in the field France
31 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2753, 37th Infantry Battalion, Evacuated to England for treatment and convalescence Gas Poisoning and Diarrhoea
10 Dec 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2753, 37th Infantry Battalion, RTA 3MD Melbourne medically unfit Gas poisoning for discharge on HT Somali
29 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2753, 37th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit Gas poisoning debility

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