Josiah Rodway YATES

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Service Number:	8136
Enlisted:	23 August 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 8 December 1887
Home Town:	Richmond Plains, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Marrickville, New South Wales, 18 August 1963, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

23 Aug 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 8136, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
26 Nov 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 8136, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Indarra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
26 Nov 1917:	Embarked Sapper, 8136, Tunnelling Companies, SS Indarra, Melbourne
16 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), From Tunnelling Company reinforcements
12 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 8136, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Josiah Rodway Yates and Florence Mary Yates of Roweena Parade, Richmond, Victoria. At the time of enlistment he was residing in Sydney, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 4 July 1919 aboard SS Norman disembarking on the 20 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

In 1933 Josiah was residing Unanderra near Wollongong, NSW