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Service Number:	1585
Enlisted:	5 December 1914, Enlisted at Bendigo
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Knowsley, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Knowsley, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Knowsley State School, Victoria
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness (Dysentery), At sea on board HS Guildford Castle off Dardenelles, Greece, 4 September 1915
Cemetery:	East Mudros Military Cemetery Plot 11, Row L, Grave 204 Rev. E. Raymond officiated Headstone inscription reads: He answered his country's call loved, remembered by all, East Mudros Military Cemetery, Mudros, Lemnos, Aegean Islands, Greece
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Knowsley State School No 2159 Honour Roll WW1

5 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1585, Enlisted at Bendigo
19 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1585, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1585, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne

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Son of Henry and Martha May of 220 Batman Street, West Melbourne, Victoria formerly of Knowsley, Vic. Brother of Harriet Elizabeth May

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