John MCNAMARA

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Service Number:	994
Enlisted:	8 May 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Albany, Albany, Western Australia
Schooling:	Christian Brothers College, Albany, Western Australia
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Turkey, 3 October 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Panel 68, Gallipoli Peninsula
Memorials:	Albany & Districts Roll of Honor, Albany St John's Anglican Church Great War Honour Roll, Albany St. Joseph's Honour Roll, Albany War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

8 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 994, 28th Infantry Battalion
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 994, 28th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 994, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
2 Oct 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 994, 28th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, SW to skull (fractured) sustained at The Apex. Evacuated to 16th CCS where he died of his wounds the next day 3 October 1915.

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