EGAN, John Joseph
| Service Number: | 2149 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Merewether, New South Wales, Australia, 29 July 1886 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenters labourer |
| Died: | Merewether, New South Wales, Australia, 14 November 1944, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 1-K Com. 15. |
| Memorials: | Junction Soldier's Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 12 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2149, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 14 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2149, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Sydney | |
| 14 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2149, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 3 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2149, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW to neck | |
| 17 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2149, 4th Pioneer Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, GSW left calf | |
| 2 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2149, 4th Pioneer Battalion |
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From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Returned Veteran of The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery, will be officially commemorated with a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque to be placed at the gravesite, Honour and Dignity to be restored.
Private John Joseph Egan, 13th Battalion and 4th Australian Pioneer Battalion (Reg No-2149), carpenter's labourer (moulder, Hughes Potteries, Merewether, N.S.W.) from 60 Patrick Street, Merewether, New South Wales and 46 Patrick Street, Merewether, N.S.W., laid to rest on the 15th November 1944, age 58. CATHOLIC 1-K Com. 15.
Wounded in action - 3.8.1916 (GSW neck), 17.10.1917 (GSW left calf).
Mr Egan’s name has been inscribed on the The Junction Soldiers' Memorial, Newcastle South Public School Roll of Honour and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
Name not inscribed on headstone.
Wooden cross erected - 1.6.2014.
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