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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Encounter Bay
• Land South Australia, Australia
• Last residence Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia
• Family Son of Albert and Ruth Battye; sister Mrs. E. T. Battye
• Profession Accountant

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 24 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
• Service number 3020
• Rank Serjeant
• Medals Military Medal, 1914/15 Star Medal, Victory Medal, British War Medal
• Regiment and unit 8th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Other data related to military career Embarked Melbourne 26 November 1915; to France March 1916; appointed Lance Corporal 30 July 1916; promoted Corporal 18 July 1917; promoted Sergeant 20 September 1917

Death

• Wounded 4 May 1917, gunshot wound left hand
  22 September 1917
• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds head, right foot, n°2 Canadian CCS
• Died at the age of 28
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XX - H - 19A

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