JAGOE, John Joseph
| Service Number: | 340 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 14 November 1894 |
| Home Town: | Kelso, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Bathurst Patrician Brothers School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Railway employee, Trainee Engineman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 26 July 1916, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" He is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 340, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 340, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 340, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 340, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 26 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 340, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 340 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
John Joseph JAGOE was born in Bathurst on 14th November 1894 and educated at the Patrician Brothers’ school there. In February 1913 he joined the NSW Government Railways as a cleaner (first step on the career path of an engineman) at the Bathurst locomotive depot.
‘He was always interested in engineering work, and he took a keen interest in his duties while engaged on the railway. He was a general favourite among his fellow workmen and always enjoyed the respect and goodwill of those with whom he came in contact. He always took an interest in military matters. As a lad he was a member of the Bathurst cadet corps, and later entered the Militia. When the first call was made in this State for recruits, …Jagoe was the first at the loco works to hand in his name’: Bathurst Times, 13/3/1917.
He enlisted at Sydney in August 1914.
‘He went away with the 3rd Battalion, and, after several months’ hard and solid drill on the sands of Egypt, he went with the first contingent across to Gallipoli. He was engaged in the memorable landing, and went right through the Gallipoli campaign without a scratch’: Bathurst Times.
He was sent to hospital with dysentery on 30th July 1915. He re-joined his unit in mid-September. He was again sent to the Field Ambulance in mid-November with tonsillitis. On that occasion he was only away from the fighting for a few days before returning to duty.
‘After the evacuation [from Gallipoli], he was sent to France, and after serving several months on the western front, was granted ten days’ leave of absence. He went across to England, where he called on an aunt, and his parting words to her were that he would call on her again when he got another holiday. But fate ruled otherwise, for the gallant young man was numbered with the dead in the big battle of Pozières’: Bathurst Times.
He was promoted to Lance Corporal in February 1916 and to Corporal en route from Egypt to France, where he landed in March 1916. In April 1916 he was reprimanded for ‘careless use of firearms’.
He was killed in action on 26th July 1916. He was buried at a map reference near Pozières, but after the war his grave could not be located, and he is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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