Platts M C Pte 2107

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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Platts M C Pte 2107 Maurice Claude 8 Inf Bn 18 Labourer Single C of E

Next of Kin: Platts, C S, 19 Washington St, Essendon

Enlisted: 8 Mar 1915

Embarked: A62 Wandilla 17 Jun 1915

Private M. Platts, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Platts, of Essendon, has been wounded in France. He left Australia in 1915, a few days after his 18th birthday.

ROLL OF HONOR. (1918, May 16). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: Morning. Retrieved June 12, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74605933

BOB SNAPE'S: DIARY & LETTERS, from July 1915 to July 1919.

https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/57fc916cd0cdd12c4078dccd

20 December 1917: "Have you heard anything of Frank Spencer or Maurice Platts or any of the others lately? I haven’t. Two of the Sheas are in the artillery. [Probably Albert and William.] Tol said that Edgely Hulme had enlisted".