John Daniel PROELLOCKS

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PROELLOCKS, John Daniel

Service Numbers:	4229, 4229A
Enlisted:	7 September 1915, Brisbane
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 4 August 1893
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Drover
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 27 March 1918, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France. Plot 28/3/23.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cambooya War Memorial, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

7 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4229, 15th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane
3 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 4229, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
3 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 4229, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
1 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion
27 Mar 1918:	Involvement Private, 4229A, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4229A awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-03-27

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

John was born as Johann Daniel PROELLOCKS on 4th August, 1893 in Toowoomba, Queensland

His parents were George Gottfried Michael PROELLOCKS & Catherina FETT

He enlisted in Brisbane on 7th September, 1915 and embarked from Brisbane with the 15th Infantry Battalion, 13th Reinforcements on the HMAT Kyarra

John was Killed in Action in France on 27th March, 1918 - no known grave

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