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WOOLNOUGH, John Paterson (Preston)
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3367 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 August 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Wynyard, Waratah/Wynyard, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engine Cleaner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 29 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Tasmanian Government Railways Great War Roll of Honour, Invermay Tasmanian Government Railways Great War Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3367, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 13 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3367, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3367, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ajana, Hobart |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William George and Sarah E. Woolnough of Wynyard, Tas; borther of William Henry Louden and Claude Lindsay Woolnough
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal