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WEARNE, Athol Baines

Service Numbers:	611, N278446
Enlisted:	16 December 1914, Bingara Rifle Club
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	1st Machine Gun Company
Born:	Bingara, New South Wales, Australia, 10 December 1893
Home Town:	Bingara, New England, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Bingara, New South Wales, Australia, 5 September 1969, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bingara Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia
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World War 1 Service

16 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 611, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Bingara Rifle Club
14 Sep 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6th Light Horse Regiment
22 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
25 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Machine Gun Company
1 Feb 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Machine Gun Company
19 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Machine Gun Company

World War 2 Service

31 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, N278446

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