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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Koroit
• Land Victoria, Australia
• Family He was the eldest of four brothers, all on active service
• Education He was born and educated at Koroit, and followed the occupation of a painter
• Profession Painter

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 11 January 1915
• Service number 1782
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 46th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Other data related to military career 16 April 1915 5/8th Battalion Broadmeadows; 7 January 1916 disembarked Alexiandria; June 1916 to Marseilles; 11 November 1916 crime: neglecting to obey an order of Non-Commissioned Officer; 29 March 1917 embarked for England; 27 May 1917 proceeded France; 21 July 1917 crime

Death

• Wounded 13 October 1917 gunshot wound right leg (fractured) and both arms; 3rd Canadian CSS
• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds on both legs and both arms in n°3 Canadian CCS
• Died at the age of 25
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XX - J - 13

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