CHISHOLM, John
| Service Number: | 2193 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 May 1915, Nannup, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Whangarei, New Zealand, February 1870 |
| Home Town: | Nannup, Nannup, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Timber worker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 31 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 5 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2193, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Nannup, Western Australia | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2193, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2193, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Wandilla, Fremantle | |
| 31 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2193, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières |
Personal History
KIA,aged 46, at Mouquet Farm.
Born at Apotu , Northland NZ
Son of John and Martha Chisholm,Whangarei,NZ
In making enquiries for the families of these ‘missing’ the Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau found it difficult to piece together from survivor accounts just what had happened on the night of 29–30 August 1916. It had been a confused action with the battalion having to withdraw from Mouquet Farm in some haste, a sense of uncertainty reflected in Private Alfred Simmons’s account of the fate of Privates John Chisholm, Andrew Mundy and Daniel Sullivan:
“We got repulsed and it was proper disorder in getting back. I saw Jack Chisholm and Dan Sullivan and Mundy starting. We took Mouquet Farm but couldn’t hold it, they had a proper Fort there and we lost all our officers. We thought they might be taken prisoners if they weren’t killed.”Private Daniel Sullivan, Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau file, The War Illustrated,
7 September 1019"
Submitted 18 April 2016 by Robert Chisholm
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
John CHISHOLM was born in 1870 in Whangarei, New Zealand
His parents were John CHISHOLM and Martha WORSNOP
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