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Neil (Cornelius) English
Service No. 5378
Rank Private
Other Ranks Corporal
Unit 12 Battalion
Other Units 17th Reinforcement
Town Obi Obi, Conondale via Landsborough
Date of Birth 16 February 1891
Place of Birth Ipswich
Date Enlisted 17th January 1916
Ship Sailed On SS Hawkes Bay
Date Ship Sailed 20th April 1916
Sent to France 15 August 1916
Sent to Field Hospital France with “Trench Foot” 2 February 1917
Sent to Hospital England 25 February 1917
Discharged Hospital 16 June 1917
Returned to France 28 November 1917
Wounded in France 17 April 1918
Rejoined Unit in France 8 June 1918
Promoted to Lance Corporal 24 August 1918
Promoted to Corporal 23 November 1918
Returned to England from France 25 April 1919
Returned to Australia 5 August 1919
Discharged 19 September 1919
Date of Death 24th June 1953
See – Adopt a digger- for more information
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