Richard Comber FORTEY

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Other Name:	Fortey, Richard - WW1 Service Record
Service Numbers:	37409, Q208351
Enlisted:	19 February 1917
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, 17 May 1893
Home Town:	North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Occupation:	Machinist
Died:	Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, 16 June 1975, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Gladstone Cemetery, Qld

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19 Feb 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 37409, Reinforcements WW1
5 Nov 1917:	Embarked Gunner, 37409, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
4 Dec 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column

6 May 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q208351, 10th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
21 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q208351, 10th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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