Keith Gordon CAMERON MM

Keith Gordon CAMERON MM Update Details

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Service Number:	1796
Enlisted:	5 April 1916, Armidale
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia, 29 November 1895
Home Town:	Walcha, Walcha, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Road Wood, Clery-sur-Somme, France, 31 August 1918, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sulphide Corporation Pty. Ltd. Cockle Creek Works Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Walcha & District War Memorial, Walcha Glen Morrison Great War Honour Roll

5 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1796, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Armidale
4 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 1796, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
4 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 1796, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney
21 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1796, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, GSW left thigh
4 Nov 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 33rd Infantry Battalion
17 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1796, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, Gassed
30 Aug 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, German Spring Offensive 1918, For conspicuous courage and devition to duty in the counter-attack by the 33rd Battalion AIF against the Marcelcave-Aubercourt line on March 30 and 31, 1918.
31 Aug 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1796, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1796 awm_unit: 33rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-31

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