MAYALL, John Ernest
| Service Number: | 5553 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 July 1915, Geelong, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 10 September 1886 |
| Home Town: | Chilwell, Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Chilwell State School |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Mornington, Victoria, Australia, 14 September 1957, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mornington Public Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Newtown All Saints Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 5553, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Geelong, Vic. | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 5553, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 5553, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Nestor, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John Howard William MAYALL and Catherine MAYALL nee BOUCHER, 68 Percy Street, Chilwell, Geelong, Victoria
Husband of Janet Catherine MAYALL nee MILBURN
Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 22 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 28 March 1916.
Admitted to dental hospital, 31 January 1917; rejoined unit, 3 February 1917. Detached to 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, 12-16 February 1917.
Transferred to Australian Flying Corps, 9 August 1917; taken on strength, 8th Training Squadron, 26 January 1918. Admitted to hospital (influenza), 11 February 1919; discharged to 1st Wing Headquarters, 19 February 1919. Married Janet MILBURN, Carlisle Registry Office, Cumberland, 20 February 1920.
Commenced return to Australia on board 'Zealandic', 3 July 1919. Disembarked in Australia, 23 August 1919; discharged, 24 October 1919.
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