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Service Number:	692
Enlisted:	3 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sutherland, Scotland, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April 1915, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Panel 35
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

3 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 692, 12th Infantry Battalion, Morphettville, South Australia
17 Sep 1914:	Involvement Private, 692, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
17 Sep 1914:	Embarked Private, 692, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Melbourne

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