John RILEY MM

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Service Numbers:	1179, 1154
Enlisted:	11 November 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, December 1889
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Occupation:	Bushman
Died:	Prisoner of War, France, Belgium, 20 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Berks Cemetery Extension, Wallonie, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

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11 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1179, 8th Infantry Battalion
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1179, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1179, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
16 Nov 1916:	Honoured Military Medal, Battle for Pozières
20 Apr 1917:	Involvement Private, 1154, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1154 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-20
20 Apr 1917:	Imprisoned Captured by German troops while on patrol near Queant. Probably wounded at time of capture. Died the same day.

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