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Service Number:	322
Enlisted:	1 February 1916, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Leichardt, NSW, 20 January 1895
Home Town:	Dulwich Hill, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Orange Grove Public School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	23 October 1973, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Catholic Cemeteries and Crematoria, New South Wales, Australia Mortuary 2 Area: 20 Grave: 3031
Memorials:	New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis)

1 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 322, 14th Machine Gun Company, Sydney, NSW
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 322, 14th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 322, 14th Machine Gun Company, RMS Orontes, Melbourne

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Son of Mrs Eliza Benar, 126 Constitution Road, Dulwich Hill, Sydney, New South Wales

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