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JOHNSTON, Irvine

Other Name:	BEAN, John - Service Record
Service Number:	3263
Enlisted:	7 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Victoria Park, Victoria Park, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 10 June 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 132
Memorials:	Narrogin War Memorial, Narrogin War Memorial, Nomans Lake Roll of Honour WWI

World War 1 Service

7 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3263, 11th Infantry Battalion
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3263, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3263, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle
21 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

He was only aged 18 years 4 months old when he died.