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Service Number:	731
Enlisted:	26 February 1915, Enlisted at Keswick
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kensington , South Australia, 13 January 1896
Home Town:	Kensington, South Australia
Schooling:	Marryatville Public School, Adelaide
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 10 August 1918, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois, France Plot 1V, Row A, Grave 12, Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois, Amiens, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, The South Australian National War Memorial

26 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 731, Enlisted at Keswick
31 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 731, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 731, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide

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Also served in Cadets

Parents address 24 Kensington Terrace, Kensington South Australia

4 January 1916 - To hospital with Jaundice

8 August 1916 - Wounded i n action, shell wound to the jaw and leg

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Vicotry Medal