Joseph FULLWOOD MM

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Service Number:	1001
Enlisted:	24 November 1915, Place of enlistment - Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Spring Creek, Victoria, 1871
Home Town:	Marvel Loch, Yilgarn, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, 28 December 1934, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Footscray Cemetery, Victoria Plot number 502684, GIS Location FO-CEC**1172
Memorials:

24 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1001, Mining Corps, Place of enlistment - Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
20 Feb 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 1001, Mining Corps, Embarked on HMAT 'A38' Ulysses from Sydney
19 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 1001, Mining Corps, Gunshot wound to left thigh
1 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Corporal, Mining Corps
18 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company)
10 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company)
19 Nov 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Had been a Temporary Sergeant from 8th September 1917
9 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1001, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Returned to Australia on HMAT 'A14' Euripides arriving Melbourne 25thApril 1919
17 Jun 1919:	Honoured Military Medal, 1001 Sergeant Joseph Fullwood was awarded the Military Medal for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the construction of Machine Gun Posts, Observation Posts and important Tunnels.

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Son of Mr Peter and Mrs Margaret (nee Dial) Fullwood.

Brother of

3059 Private Peter Fullwood - 28th Battalion died prior embarkation in WA 26th December 1915 (1873).

Uncle of

3239 Private David Roderick - 57th Infantry Battalion killed in action Needle Trench 28th January 1917 (1895)

Step Brother of

2872 Private John Barnes - 51st Battalion killed in action France 3rd September 1916 (1882);
4269 Sapper Thomas Barnes - 3rd Tunnelling Company killed in action France 31st July 1918 (1884);
40481 Private Harry Leslie Barnes - 3rd A.I.R. (New Zealand Forces) returned (1886);
53894 Private Edwin Barnes - 28th Battalion (New Zealand Forces) returned (1890);
565 Private George Barnes - 7th Battalion killed in action Shrapnel Alley, Gallipoli 26th May 1915 (1891) and
1201 Private Herbert Barnes - 5th Battalion killed in action Gallipoli 14th August 1915 (1893)