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M.A., B.Litt. (Oxon.), Diploma in Education: Chaplain, Royal Army Chaplains Dept., B.E.F., France, Salonika and Palestine. Enlisting in London in December, 1915, was gazetted Chaplain to the Forces (Class W) in January, 1916, and attached to 181st Infantry Brigade, Sutton Veny. Crossing to France in June, accompanied 60th London Division from the Somme to Salonika in December and proceeded via Alexandria to the Line between Gaza and Beersheba in June, 1917. Transferring 18th September as Chaplain, South Midland Brigade, Yeomanry Mounted Division (later 10th Cavalry Brigade, 4th C. Division), served throughout operations in Palestine, returning to Australia after demobilisation in England. Early education at Caulfield Grammar School. Later at Moore Theological College, and Wycliffe Hall (Oxford).
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1882Birth in Yarrawonga -- VIC, Australia 14 February 1882
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?Early education at Caulfield Grammar School, Caulfield, VIC, Australia
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1914Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1914
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1915Tertiary education at Oxford University, Oxford, England 29 April 1915
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1915Enlisted 1 Dec 1915 at Westminster [ London England ]
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?Military service as Chaplain at France --, France ; Salonika --, Greece ; Palestinian Territories --, Palestinian Territory, Occupied
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1916Tertiary education at Oxford University, Oxford, England 19 February 1916
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?Master & Assistant Chaplain at Melbourne -Melbourne Grammar School- VIC, Australia
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1937Death in Kew -- VIC, Australia 21 March 1937
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