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SEARLE, Eric Norman

Service Number:	1922
Enlisted:	3 February 1916
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 6 October 1885
Home Town:	Tamworth, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 23 October 1917, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Etaples Military Cemetery XXX F 15,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tamworth ANZAC Park Memorial Gates, Tamworth Public School WW1 Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

3 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1922, 33rd Infantry Battalion
4 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 1922, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
4 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 1922, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney
23 Oct 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1922, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1922 awm_unit: 33rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-23

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Frederick and Margaret SEARLE, of North Street, Tamworth, NSW