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  • Yarrawonga
  • Victoria, Australia
  • Corowa
  • Son of Alfred Ernest and Emily Agnes Mason (nee Metcalf), of Albert St., Corowa, New South Wales; three sisters, Alice, Mabel and Dorothy; two brothers, Alfred and Frederick;
  • St.Mary's Convent School, Corowa
  • Member of the local rifle club; training with Senior Cadets; cornet player;

Military service

  • Enlisted in Melbourne, Victoria on 24 August 1915
  • 19636
  • Gunner
  • 8th Brigade Australian Field Artillery
  • Embarkation in Sydney on 20 May 1916; to France on 30 December 1916; transferred to Signalling Corp;

Death

  • 24 September, Chateau Wood, Menin Road; mustard gas shell on pill box;
  • Died of gas wounds in n° 10 CCS
  • 23
  • XXIV - G - 9

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