John Bently YATES

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Service Number:	4550
Enlisted:	30 October 1915, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Esk, Queensland, Australia, 6 April 1894
Home Town:	Ourimbah, Wyong Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Gosford, New South Wales, Australia, 1960, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Ourimbah Memorial Arch

30 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4550, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
9 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4550, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
9 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4550, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney
8 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4550, 20th Infantry Battalion, Severe wound to the back and buttock. Invalided to England from Havre on 19 November 1916 aboard HS Dunluce Castle
19 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4550, 20th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Richard Lovell Yates and Anastasia Yates nee Tobin of 'Greenlands', Ourimbah, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 4 May 1917 aboard HS Runic as wounded disembarking on the 7 July 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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