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JOLLY, Horace Aitken
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3980 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 May 1915, Lismore, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 13 December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Richmond Grammar School & Lismore High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 13 August 1916, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lismore & District Memorial Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lismore, New South Wales | |
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| 30 Oct 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 3980, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' |
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| 30 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3980, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane | |
| 13 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3980, 49th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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"...3980 Private (later Sergeant) Horace Aitken Jolly, 9th (later 49th) Battalion, of Lismore, NSW. Son of James and Jessie S. Jolly. A clerk prior to enlisting, he embarked from Brisbane aboard HMAT Itonus (A50) on 30 October 1915. He was killed in action on 13 August 1916 in France, aged 21. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial, France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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