Jack DE BOER

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Service Number:	1133
Enlisted:	16 September 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Vlaardingen, Holland, 1886
Home Town:	Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer-Salvation Army
Died:	Died of wounds, On board HS Kanown at Colombo, Ceylon , 24 May 1916
Cemetery:	Colombo (Kanatte) General Cemetery, Sri Lanka Plot V, Row CL, Grave 14
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial

16 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1133, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
27 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1133, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
27 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1133, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1133, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shell wounds to groin and both knees
18 Apr 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1133, Gunshot to the spine and invalided to Australia

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Son of Hilda Ajerksdra, Vlaardingen, Holland

11 May 1916 - commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HS Kanowna for discharged as invalid(paralysed) but died at Colombo from the wounds

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