Michael Jeremiah SLAVIN

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SLAVIN, Michael Jeremiah

Service Number:	3483
Enlisted:	26 August 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Keady, County Armagh, Ireland, 1870
Home Town:	Woodville, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse driver
Died:	Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 16 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Commemorated in the Cheltenham Cemetery, SA, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

26 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3483, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3483, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3483, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
26 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 10th Battalion to the 50th Battalion
1 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 50th Infantry Battalion, Rank was to be temporary
1 Apr 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 50th Infantry Battalion
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3483, 50th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Arrived in Australia aged 38 years

Son of John and Helen Slavin of Ireland

Husband of Mary Jane Slavin of Victoria Street, Albert Park, SA. Formerly of Lorne Street, Unley Park, SA. Father of Frank Slavin

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

By trade he was a baker

Previously served in the Boer War and the Coldstream Guards

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