WALL, John
| Service Number: | 1723 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Farrier Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Australian Remount Unit |
| Born: | West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 11 April 1882 |
| Home Town: | Waratah West, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Waratah, (Mayfield) New South Wales, Australia, 11 April 1949, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-175. 49. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 1723, 2nd Australian Remount Unit | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 1723, 2nd Australian Remount Unit, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked Trooper, 1723, 2nd Australian Remount Unit, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 27 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Farrier Corporal, 1723, 2nd Australian Remount Unit, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
74 years ago today, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 13th April 1949, Farrier Corporal John Wall, 2nd Australian Remount Unit (Reg No-1723), blacksmith from " Lindaville", 17 Sunderland Street, Waratah, (Mayfield) New South Wales, father of two (Alroy Armstrong and Edna), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 67. ANGLICAN 3-175. 49.
Died on his 67th birthday.
Born at West Maitland, New South Wales on the 11th April 1882 (mother's name spelt SALINA) to Samuel and Selina Wall; husband of Linda May Wall nee Hendy (married 1909, West Maitland, N.S.W., died 1936, METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) CSW. 54., marked grave) nurse, from St. Margaret's Hospital, 435 Bourke Street, Darlinghurst, N.S.W., John enlisted on the 2nd October 1915 at Holsworthy, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A67 Orsova on the 10th November 1915.
Admitted to hospital 27.10.1917 (boils).
John returned home on the 11th June 1919, being discharged on the 27th August 1919.
Mr. Wall’s name has been inscribed on the Waratah Masonic Lodge No. 170, U.G.L. N.S.W. Honor Roll. Name not inscribed on the NSW Govt Railways and Tramways Roll of Honour, 1914-1919.
Not officially commemorated.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at this WW1 Digger’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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