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Service Numbers:	703, 703A
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballymena, Ireland, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Swan Hill, Swan Hill, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Swan Hill War Memorial

20 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 703, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
20 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 703, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 703A, 7th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 703A awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-04

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