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GAVAGAN, Charles John

Service Numbers:	1281, 576, 3A, A3
Enlisted:	28 January 1901
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dunolly, Victoria, Australia, 10 May 1883
Home Town:	Kensington, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrician
Died:	Attributed to war service, Australia, 26 August 1917, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Wooroloo Cemetery, Western Australia
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Bugler, 1281, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
28 Jan 1901:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Bugler, 1281, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
12 Jun 1901:	Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 1281, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, GSW in left foot and groin from action at Wilmansrust. GSW noted in his 1915 AIF Medical.
3 Oct 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Bugler, 1281, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, R.T.A. - invalided back home.
31 Oct 1901:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Bugler

World War 1 Service

15 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 576, 13 Depot Company 28 Bn. Alias Enlistment: "Charles Patrick Moncrieff". He was attested at Blackboy Hill. Discharged from 28 Bn after being found stowing away on Troop Transport A11.
26 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, A3, 26th Infantry Battalion
26 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3A, 26th Infantry Battalion, Re-Attested at sea after being discharged from 28 Bn for stowing away on Troop Transport A11. Used Alias "Charles Patrick Moncrieff" in 26 Bn.
10 May 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 576, 26th Infantry Battalion
10 May 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3A, 26th Infantry Battalion, Medically Unfit (phthisis)
26 Aug 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3A, 26th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed

Enlisted and served in WWI as Charles Patrick MONCRIEFF