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Personal data

• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Cobram
• Land Victoria, Australia
• Last residence Tongala, Victoria
• Family Son of Colville (farmer) and Eliza.
  Three brothers: Joseph (1897), William (1899) and Thomas (1899). Four sisters: Sarah (1892), May (1893) and Eliza (1895).
  Married to Edith Rodwell. One son: Richard Johan Joseph.
• Profession Farm labourer

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 11 November 1915, Melbourne
• Service number 724
• Rank Lance Corporal
• Medals 1914/15 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 37th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Other data related to military career Embarked in Melbourne, to Plymouth (3 June 1916); 22 November 1916 to France; December 1916 detached to 868th A.S.C.Temp as driver; January 1917 rejoined Bat.; March 1917 appointed L/Cpl; April 1917 detachment to 3rd Can Tunneling Coy; May 1917 rejoined Bat

Death

• Wounded 12 October 1917
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds penetrating abdomen, n°10 CCS
• Died at the age of 26
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXI - C - 16

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