John Thomas UNDERWOOD

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Service Number:	2302
Enlisted:	28 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 9 August 1897
Home Town:	Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Porter
Died:	Dolls Point, New South Wales, Australia, 9 December 1976, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Pinegrove Memorial Park & Crematorium, N.S.W. Garden Peace 3, Site 1254
Memorials:

28 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2302, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
30 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2302, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2302, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
3 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2302, 20th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the right leg(severe). Embarked for England on 5 May 1917 aboard HS St. Andrews
3 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2302, 20th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of John Underwood of Juliet Street, Marrickville, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 20 May 1919 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 1 July 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c John married Adelaide Linda Thornbury in NSW