Louis Willyama AVERY MM

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Service Number:	55
Enlisted:	21 August 1914, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	3rd Field Company Engineers
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, 15 July 1891
Home Town:	Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	St Peter's College, Adelaide
Occupation:	Electrical engineer
Died:	18 January 1980, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia RSL Walls
Memorials:	Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board

21 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 55, Broken Hill, New South Wales
22 Sep 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 55, 3rd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Geelong, Melbourne
22 Sep 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 55, 3rd Field Company Engineers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 55, 3rd Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli
23 Feb 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Field Company Engineers
23 May 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Field Company Engineers
21 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Field Company Engineers

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