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Name	Harold Boyd Wanliss
Born	11 December, 1891 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Died	26 September, 1917 (aged 25) Polygon Wood, Belgium
Cause of Death	killed in action
Education *	Ballarat College (Vic) (student, 1903-1908) Hawkesbury Agricultural College (NSW) (student, 1912-1912)
Occupation or Descriptor *	farmer (1913-1915) Victoria, Australia army officer (1915-1917) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (army officer) Battle of Bullecourt, 1917 (army officer) Battle of Polygon Wood, 1917 (army officer) 29th Battalion (army officer, 1915-1916) 14th Battalion (army officer, 1916)
Awards	Distinguished Service Order (recipient, 1916)
Legacies *	Wanliss Falls (Lorne, Vic) (eponym)

* Dates are approximate

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