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Personal data

• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Wollongong
• Land New South Wales, Australia
• Last residence Campbell street, Wollongong
• Family Son of Thomas Kennedy Irwin; two brothers, William McIntosh and Thomas Kennedy, also served and returned; their father also enlisted at the age of 60.
• Profession Dealer
• Extra info The Irwin boys were all foundation members of the local Surf Life Saving Club

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 4 October 1916, Kiama
• Service number 6760
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 13th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Other data related to military career Original service number 1730 (53rd Btn depot); discharged May 1916 (medically unfit); joined again October 1916; Embarked 8 November 1916, Sydney, on SS Port Nicholson

Death

• Wounded 13 October
• Type of wounds Shell wounds to both knees and his back; left leg amputated; 10th CCS
• Died at the age of 20
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXI - E - 2

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