John RENNIE

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Service Number:	293
Enlisted:	10 September 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Aberdeen, Scotland, 1888
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Influenza and cerebal abcess, 2nd Australian General Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, 15 October 1915
Cemetery:	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row D, Grave 136 Chaplain W.K.Douglas officiated
Memorials:

10 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 293, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 293, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 293, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
4 Jan 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
7 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), In the field
15 Oct 1915:	Involvement Second Lieutenant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1915-10-15

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Son of John and Mary Ann Rennie of 120 Auchmill Road, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, Scotland. Friend of Miss M. Cook of 133 Parry Street, East Perth, WA

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal