Louis WENZEL

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Service Number:	5661
Enlisted:	23 May 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Langhorne Creek, SA, 1884
Home Town:	Torrensville, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm hand
Died:	Strathalbyn, SA, 27 April 1971, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Strathalbyn Cemetery, S.A. RSL Section
Memorials:

23 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5661, 27th Infantry Battalion
28 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5661, 27th Infantry Battalion, Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 28 August 1916
2 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5661, 27th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Multiple GSW (variously Gun Shot or General Shrapnel) wounds - 'severe'. Evac to the UK
16 Jul 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5661, 27th Infantry Battalion, Return to Australia
17 Dec 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5661, 27th Infantry Battalion, Invalided Medical Discharge

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