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Service Number:	2449
Enlisted:	23 April 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Edithburgh, South Australia, 23 April 1893
Home Town:	Denial Bay, Ceduna, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural Causes, South Australia, 27 February 1970, aged 76 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Ceduna Denial Bay and Districts WW1 Roll of Honor, Ceduna Murat Bay and District WW1 Honor Roll, Coobowie Old Scholars and Teachers WW1 Roll of Honour

23 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 2449, Keswick, South Australia
23 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2449, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
23 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2449, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide
17 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2449, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
18 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 10th Infantry Battalion
12 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, 2449
Date unknown:	Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Twice Wounded in Action

Biography written by Laura Cassell, Xavier College, SA attached as a document. Winning entry for 2019 Premier's Anzac Spirit School Prize.