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WHITTLESEA, Josiah
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3728 |
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Enlisted: | 21 January 1916 |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
Born: | Salisbury South Australia, 25 June 1855 |
Home Town: | Salisbury, Salisbury, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Heart Disease , Semaphore, South Australia, 15 June 1939, aged 83 years |
Cemetery: |
St Johns Anglican Church Salisbury |
Memorials: | Salisbury & District Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
21 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper | |
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22 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 3728, No 4th Tunnelling Company - Headquarters No 1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
22 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 3728, No 4th Tunnelling Company - Headquarters No 1, HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
25 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 3728, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
25 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 3728, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Josiah Whittlesea was nearly sixty but lied about his age (said he was in his 40’s ) and ended up on the front line in a Tunnelling Company.