John St Clair HEDLEY

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HEDLEY, John St Clair

Service Number:	3783
Enlisted:	24 September 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Casino, Richmond Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Rappville Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 1 September 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Casino and District Memorial Hospital WW1 Roll of Honour, Tamworth ANZAC Park Memorial Gates, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

24 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3783, 9th Infantry Battalion
30 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3783, 9th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
30 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3783, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane
1 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 3783, 49th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3783 awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-01

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

John was the only son of a widowed mother, Catherine Ann Hedley, of Glen Innes, NSW, who could never discover the fate of her boy, despite her best efforts. John was reported wounded and missing during the 49th Battalion's assault on the fearsome Mouquet Farm strongpoint during early September 1916. He has no known grave, nor was any information forthcoming as to his fate.

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