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HINCKS, Wallace Roy

Service Numbers:	2847, N77301
Enlisted:	29 June 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	22 Garrison Battalion (VIC NSW)
Born:	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 30 April 1897
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Messenger
Died:	Illness, New South Wales, 6 June 1947, aged 50 years
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium (GRM/2*)
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

29 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2847, 3rd Infantry Battalion
30 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2847, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2847, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
5 Apr 1919:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 55th Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

2 Sep 1940:	Involvement Lance Corporal, N77301, 22 Garrison Battalion (VIC NSW)
2 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, N77301, 21 Garrison Battalion (NSW)

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He served in WWI as Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion, AIF Service number 2847.