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B.E., A.M.I.E. Aust. : Lieutenant, A.F.C., and A.A.S.C. (Mechanical Transport), A.I.F., England and France. Enlisting 18th September, 1914, and sailing 22nd December with 8th Coy. A.A.S.C. (1st Div. Ammunition Sub-Park) for England, crossed to France in July, 1915, served with the 17th British Division in the Ypres-Bailleul areas, and transferred to 4th Div. Sub-Park on 9th August, and to Senior Mechanical Transport Officers' Staff 13th January, 1917. Proceeding to England for aeronautical training in December, was commissioned as pilot in June, 1918, and returned to Australia on '1914 Leave' in December. Early education at Sydney Church of England Grammar School and King's College (Goulburn). Later at St. Paul's.
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1893Birth in Kirribilli -- NSW, Australia 18 January 1893
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1903Early education at Sydney Church of England Grammar School, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 1903
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1907Early education at King's College, Goulburn, NSW, Australia 1907
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1911Early education at Sydney Church of England Grammar School, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 1911
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1914Enlisted 18 Sep 1914
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?Military service as Lieutenant at Wingate, England --, United Kingdom ; France --, France
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?Military service as Lieutenant
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1919Demobilised 19 Oct 1919
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1921Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1921
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1925Married 18 Mar 1925 at Mosman [ NSW Australia ]
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1930Engineer at Sydney -- NSW, Australia 10 December 1930
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1936Owner/Director at Dreadnought Valve Co., Redfern -- Sydney, NSW, Australia 1936
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1980Alison C.A. : Death 1980
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