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FERNS, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 214 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 October 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Bourke, Victoria, Australia, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Yarraville, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Enemy Aircraft Raid On London, United Kingdom, 24 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Plot X1, Row C, Grave 21 Father E McAuliffe officiated. Undertaker was Thos. Vigers of 3 Eccelston Street, London and the coffin was made of good polished elm |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 214, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Sapper, 214, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Sapper, 214, 2nd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Helen Ferns of Ballarat Street, Yarraville, Victoria;
Father of Ivy May Ferns, John William Ferns and Frances Helen Ferns
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medals, Victory Medal