Book of Remembrance entry
Not listed on Roll of Active Service.
Enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force on 3 March 1916, he served (from November) with the 38th Battalion on the Western Front. He was commissioned in May 1917, wounded in action that month and invalided to England; promoted lieutenant in September, he rejoined the battalion three months later. In March 1918, near the Somme, he led a patrol which killed or captured more than thirty enemy soldiers without the loss of any of his men. His A.I.F. commission terminated in Australia on 23 December. [From ADB entry]
Enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force on 3 March 1916, he served (from November) with the 38th Battalion on the Western Front. He was commissioned in May 1917, wounded in action that month and invalided to England; promoted lieutenant in September, he rejoined the battalion three months later. In March 1918, near the Somme, he led a patrol which killed or captured more than thirty enemy soldiers without the loss of any of his men. His A.I.F. commission terminated in Australia on 23 December. [From ADB entry]
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1919Clerk 1919
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1923Clerk at Sydney -- NSW, Australia 1923
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1926Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 17 April 1926
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1927Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 9 April 1927
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1927Lecturer at Melbourne -- VIC, Australia 1927
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1930Partner 1930
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1938Councillor 1938 - 1948 @ Heidelberg [ VIC Australia ]
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1942
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1945Commissioner of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works 1945 - 1948 @ Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]
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1955
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1966Retired 1966
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1970Death in East Melbourne -- VIC, Australia 5 October 1970
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