John Edward UNWIN

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Service Number:	6381
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Plasterer
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 1968, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

11 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6381, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6381, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney

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Son of Albert William Unwin and Annie Unwin of Sydney, NSW.

Husband of Mary K. Unwin nee Young of Moorehead Road, Redfern, NSW. John and Mary married during 1912c in Newtown, NSW

26 October 1916 - enlisted at Sydney, NSW with the 17th Battalion and with the rank of Private.

Commenced return to Australia on 23 May 1917 aboard HT Ayrshire disembarking on 20 July 1917

Medal: British War Medal

22 August 1917 - discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to blindness in the right eye