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Service Number:	1675
Enlisted:	21 May 1915, B Company
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	6th Light Trench Mortar Battery
Born:	Southport, England, 1896
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia , 10 May 1977, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria PLOT 4th Ave Wall Niches (North Side), Wall 1, Section I, Niche 1

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21 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1675, 23rd Infantry Battalion, B Company
16 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 1675, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
16 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 1675, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
30 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1675, 23rd Infantry Battalion, B Company. Gallipoli Campaign
10 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1675, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Alexandria, Egypt per HT Minnewaska
19 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1675, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Proceeded to join BEF per HT Lake Michigan 26 March, disembarked Marseilles, France
11 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Transferred and taken on strength, following temporary attachment from 31 January, 1917
24 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 1675, 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Gun shot wound to face, 6th Australian Field Ambulance to 20th Casualty Clearing Centre, transferred to Ambulance Train No.3. 25 April, admitted 12th General Hospital, Rouen
19 Aug 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 1675, 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Per HT Ajana. Disembarked 19 October, 1919, 2nd echelon [Sydney] List 344.
10 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 1675, 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery

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