AMINDE, John Bernard Conrad
| Service Numbers: | 354, 1079 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, Headquarters Coy Divisional Train - Australian Army Service Corp |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Preston, Victoria, 1887 |
| Home Town: | South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Yarram State School, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Commercial Traveller |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli.Turkey Special Memorial Row A, Grave 29, Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), 354, Headquarters Coy Divisional Train - Australian Army Service Corp | |
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| 7 Sep 1914: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), 354, HQ Coy Divisional Train | |
| 7 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 1079, 6th Infantry Battalion, A Company Broadmeadows, NSW | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1079, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1079, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
John Bernard Conrad AMINDE was born in 1887 in Preston, Victoria
His parents were Louis Ludwig Ferdinand AMINDE and Alivine Augusta (Toni) GUTTMAN
He had previous service in the Cadets , Albany Mounted rifles for 3 years before he first enlisted on 20th August, 1914 (SN354) and served until 7th September 1914 with the Headquarters Divisional Train (Australian Army Service Corp) before enlisting on 7th September, 1914 with the 6th Infantry Battalion which embarked from Melbourne on the ship Hororata on 19th October, 1914
After a few months training he was sent to Gallipoli , arriving as part of the second wave of landings on 25th April, 1915. Under fire, they advanced from the beach in an advance on Boltons Ridge.
John was killed between the landing and the advance, however the exact details of his death are not known. After initially reported as missing, he was confirmed as Killed in Action on the 25th April, 1915 at the Battle of Anzac Cove - his ID tag was found in his pocket
He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal & his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
He is buried in the Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Special Memorial, Row A, Grave 29
Inscription reads:
'THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT"
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Trove - IN MEMORIAM
AMINDE - In loving memory of our dear son and brother, John who was killed at the landing at Gallipoli, 25th April, 1915
"All memory fades and life departs, you will live forever in our hearts"
Inserted by his loving Mother, Sisters & Brothers
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Trove article
Amongst the Australian soldiers killed in action at the Dardanelles, was Pte. L C Aminde, a well known pedestrian of South Melbourne.
Before leaving for the front he was a city traveller for a jewellery warehouse. He was well known in Victoria & South Australia as a professional pedestrian. His best performance was running in the final of the Wren 500 pounds race, held her some years ago. He was born at Preston, Victoria, he was also a competitor at the Stawell Athletic clubs Easter festival a few years back.
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