Magnus George CHEYNE

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Service Number:	2155
Enlisted:	12 May 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Exeter, South Australia, 10 March 1887
Home Town:	Oodnadatta, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stock owner
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 31 July 1917, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial - Panel 27
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Rosewater War Memorial, Rosewater Womens Memorial Roll of Honour WW1, William Creek War Memorial

12 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2155, Adelaide, South Australia
12 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2155, 50th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, embarkation_roll: roll_number: 19 embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note:
12 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2155, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat (A70)
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2155, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines
11 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2155, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Warneton
31 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2155, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres

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Son of Minnie Christianna Dodd (formerly Cheyne), of Canning St., Rosewater, South Australia, and the late Magnus Cheyne.