TOWNSON, John Jenkins
| Service Number: | 5200 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 November 1915, Cairns, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Reedy Creek, Victoria, Australia, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Reedy Creek, Mitchell, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Reedy Creek State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 12 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broadford St. Matthew's Anglican Church Great War Roll of Honour, Broadford War Memorial, Charleville War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Cairns, Queensland | |
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| 31 Mar 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 5200, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' |
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| 31 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5200, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5200, 47th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5200 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-12 |
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"...5200 Private John Jenkins Townson, 15th Battalion. A clerk from Cairns, Queensland prior to enlistment, Pte Townson embarked with the 16th Reinforcements from Sydney on HMAT Star of Victoria on 31 March 1916. Later transferring to the 47th Battalion, he was killed in action at Passchendaele, Belgium on 12 October 1917, aged 36, and was buried near where he fell. Following the Armistice, his grave could not be located and he is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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