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Service Number:	3105
Enlisted:	20 November 1916, Brisbane
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia, 29 October 1884
Home Town:	Coorabell Creek, Byron Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial - Panel 29
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lismore & District Memorial Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Murwillumbah War Memorial, Uki Tweed River South Arm War Memorial

20 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3105, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Brisbane
23 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 3105, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 3105, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3105, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres

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