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Service Number:	52
Enlisted:	28 August 1914
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 5 October 1894
Home Town:	Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria
Occupation:	Military Staff Clerk
Died:	Killed In Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"

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28 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 52, Headquarters Staff
22 Oct 1914:	Involvement 52, Headquarters Staff, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
22 Oct 1914:	Embarked 52, Headquarters Staff, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
1 Nov 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Warrant Officer
30 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Warrant Officer, 59th Infantry Battalion
27 Aug 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 59th Infantry Battalion

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