Garrett John SWEENEY

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Service Number:	4346
Enlisted:	3 August 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	46th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1877
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Marist Brothers (Catholic) and Quarry Hill State Schools, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Timber merchant
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll

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3 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4346, 14th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
29 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4346, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4346, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
6 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
12 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4346, 46th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, Multiple SW to face, eyes and arm. Evacuated to UK. Rejoined unit 29 March 1917.
11 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4346, 46th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First)

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