WALLER, John Henry
| Service Numbers: | 1441, 1307 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1441, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1441, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1441, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne | |
| 27 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1307, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1307 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-04-27 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His twin brother, 503 Lance Corporal Walter Arthur Waller Australian Provost Corps was died of wounds 10 January 1917. Age 23. Remembered on the Jerusalem Memorial Palestine.
Walter was at Gallipoli with his brother Jack and reported Jack's death to their parents.
A third brother, 1004 Private George Richard Waller also enlisted in August 1914 and served with the 1st Battalion AIF. George Waller served at Gallipoli, receiving a slight gunshot wound to the neck in early July 1915. He was well enough to return to his unit on 15 July, and took part in the battle of Lone Pine in August. On 15 September he was evacuated to Mudros, suffering from varicose veins, and then to England for surgery.
Waller rejoined 1st Battalion in Egypt in 1916 and was transferred to the 1st Pioneer Battalion in March. He served with that unit until he was evacuated from Bapaume in France, to England in February 1917 suffering from Trench Fever and nephritis associated with a severe case of Trench Feet. His condition was serious enough for him to be repatriated to Australia in May 1917. He was discharged on medical grounds, at his own request, in August of that year, despite being advised that he needed further medical treatment. George Waller died in Sydney in May 1920.
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