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B.E. : Lieutenant, 1st Australian Tunnelling Coy., A.I.F., France. Enlisting 29th June, 1916, and sailing in October, reached France in December and served at Hill 60 until June, 1917, in Ypres-Passchendaele sector until March, 1918, and then on the Somme until the end of the War. Gassed at Hill 60 after an underground explosion on 25th April, 1917, and shell-shocked at Broodseinde, 6th October. Promoted second-lieutenant, 15th October, 1916; lieutenant, 21st April, 1917. Peter Nicol Russell Lecturer in Mining. Early education at Sydney Grammar School.
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?Early education at Sydney Grammar School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
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1903Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1903
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1912Mine Manager at Sandstone -Black Range West Mine- WA, Australia 1 January 1912
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1913Mine Manager at Sunny Corner -- NSW, Australia 1 January 1913
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1916Enlisted 29 Jun 1916
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?Military service as Lieutenant at France --, France
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1926Appointed to a Technical Committee to investigate the state of the mining industry in Kalgoorlie 6 Oct 1926 at Kalgoorlie [ WA Australia ]
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1927Underground Manager at Broken Hill -- NSW, Australia 27 April 1927
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1935Chief Mining Engineer at Pearce, Western Australia -- WA, Australia 27 August 1935
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1935Engineer at Africa 27 August 1935
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1935Engineer at Africa 27 August 1935
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1936Lecturer at Camperdown -University of Sydney- NSW, Australia 7 November 1936
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1939Consultant Engineer 28 March 1939
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