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UNDERWOOD, Mervyn Gilbert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3573 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 August 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Penshurst, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Penshurst, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| Died: | Penshurst, Victoria, Australia, 1986, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Boram Boram Cemetery, Penshurst, Victoria |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3573, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3573, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3573, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 19 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3573, 58th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Phillip Thomas Underwood and Bertha Underwood nee Edlich of Penshurst, Victoria.
Next of kin given as his guardian Mary Ann Hill of Penshurst, Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia on 6 September 1919 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 20 October 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1924c Mervyn married Mary Alma Barber in Victoria