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Personal data

• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth O'Halloran Hill
• Land South Australia
• Last residence Keswick, South Australia
• Family Son of Philip Thomas and Lucy Isabella Teare, of Keswick, South Australia.
• Profession Porter at the South Australian Railways

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 29 December 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
• Service number 4532
• Rank Corporal
• Medals British War Medal, Victory Medal, 1914/15 Star Medal
• Regiment and unit 27th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Other data related to military career Embarked Adelaide 25 March 1916; to France 9 September 1916; promoted Corporal 14 October 1917
  

Death

• Wounded 3 May 1917, shrapnel wounds left knee
  29 October 1917, Anzac and Westhoek ridge; The day of his fatal wounding, October 28th. "Bn in same positions. 'C' Coy carried 29th Bn rations forward to front line. Heavy bombardment of
  ANZAC and WESTHOEK ridge with Mustard gas shells. a few slight casualties owing to shells bursting in shelters." (war diary)
  
• Type of wounds Died of wounds (gas) at n°17 CCS
• Died at the age of 24
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXI - FF - 10

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