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Service Number:	1642
Enlisted:	8 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Leeds, England, 1894
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cloth Trade
Memorials:

8 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1642, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1642, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1642, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney
19 Jan 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1642, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism

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Son of Herbert Allan Haigh and Sarah Ellen Haigh of Hodgson Place, Churwell, Leeds, England

Commenced return to Australia on 3 September 1915 aboard HT Ulysses

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