HAYDON, John Stuart
| Service Number: | 635 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 August 1914, Randwick |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia, 26 June 1986 |
| Home Town: | Muswellbrook, Muswellbrook, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Maitland Boys' High School, Maitland, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Station Overseer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, 17th British General Hospital, Alexandia, Egypt, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt, Plugges Plateau Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maitland High School Roll of Honour, Muswellbrook St. Albans Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 635, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Randwick | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 635, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 635, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 635, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 26 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 635, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW shoulder |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Silver
John Stuart Haydon was born at Gunnedah in 1886 when his father Thomas John Haydon was attached to the Gunnedah Branch of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney during the 1880s. In 1890 the family moved to the Hunter Valley where Thomas Haydon took up the position of manager of the bank's Muswellbrook branch - a position he would hold for 29 years.
The eldest of seven children, John Haydon completed his primary education in Muswellbrook before being sent to Maitland Boys' High School.
After leaving school he continued to live in the Muswellbrook area, working in rural pusuits as a station overseer. He was one of the best all round cricketers in the Muswellbrook Cricket Club, as well as being a first class tennis player. He also excelled in other sports, being a good horseman and top flight rifle shot.
John Haydon was in the landing forces at Gallipoli in the early hours of April 25, 1915. At some time in the fierce early fighting he was wounded in the shoulder. At first he was reported as not seriously injured but his condition deteriorated a few days later.
Subsequently he was admitted to the 17th British General Hospital at Alexandria, Egypt and listed as dangerously ill in a cable to the family on May 26. He died three days later.
Private John Stuart Haydon was buried at the Alexandia Military and War Memorial Cemetery.
References: Gunnedah District Historical Society and http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107834112
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