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Service Number:	30994
Enlisted:	10 July 1916
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	13th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	West Calder, Scotland, January 1884
Home Town:	Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Petrie Terrace State School, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 28 October 1917
Cemetery:	The Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium Plot XII, Row C, Grave No. 3,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

10 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 30994, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
19 Dec 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 30994, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
19 Dec 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 30994, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , RMS Orontes, Sydney
30 Aug 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 13th Field Artillery Brigade Ammunition Column
28 Oct 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 30994, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 30994 awm_unit: 13th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-10-28

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