GANDY, John Frederick
| Service Number: | 3739 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 28 February 1893 |
| Home Town: | Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Hawthorn State School |
| Occupation: | Train examiner |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 22 July 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais - Hauts-de-France Plot I, Row O, Grave No. 17. TOO FAR AWAY YOUR GRAVE TO SEE DEAR HUSBAND I STILL THINK OF THEE |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3739, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3739, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3739, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 26 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
John Gandy was the young husband of Ada Gandy, who was living at Ballarat North, Victoria after the war. They had only married a fortnight before John left Australia for the Western Front. John Gandy’s daughter was born to Ada only a few weeks before he died. Mother and daughter were awarded a pension.
According to his Red Cross file John was admitted to the 14th General Hospital on the 20 July 1916, suffering from a gunshot wound to the left shoulder from the Battle of Fromelles the day before. He died two days later.
His brother, 12298 Lance Corporal Joseph Ward Gandy M.M., M.S.M., 10th Field Ambulance AIF, was awarded two decorations for bravery and meritorious service.
Their parents were Arthur and Henrietta Gandy of Hawthorn, Victoria.
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