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Service Numbers:	597, 597A
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, 1895
Home Town:	Mackay, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling:	LCC Boarding School, London SE, England
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 26 September 1917
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXV, Row D, Grave No. 10), Belgium, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Finch Hatton War Memorial, Mackay Old Town Hall Honour Roll

18 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 597, 41st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
18 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 597, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement Sergeant, 597A, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 597A awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-09-26

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