VOLUM, John Hutchison Gordon
| Service Number: | 525 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Inverleigh, Victoria, Australia, 18 August 1894 |
| Home Town: | Murgheboluc, Golden Plains, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Squatter |
| Died: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 10 July 1976, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Inverleigh Parish of Inverleigh Honor Roll, Murgheboluc District and School Roll of Honour, Winchelsea Shire of Barrabool Residents Roll of Honor 2 |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 525, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 525, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 525, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 525, 5th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the toe and elbow | |
| 14 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 525, 5th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm | |
| 23 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 525, 5th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 525, 5th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge | |
| 9 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 525, 5th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, Harbonnieres & Chuignes | |
| 18 Jan 1919: | Honoured Meritorious Service Medal (MSM), The Battle of Amiens, Devotion to duty as Assistant CQMS during the operations of 9th & 23rd August 1918. Personally conducted ration parties to posts of line companies through heavy shell and machine gun fire. | |
| 31 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 525, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Forrester Volum and Elizabeth Ann Volumnee Logan of 'Roxby Park', Murgheboluc, Victoria. Brother of William Ronaldson MID Volum who returned to Australia on 27 July 1919 having served with the 5th Battalion.
Commenced return to Australia on 8 October 1918 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on 2 December 1918
Medals: Meritorious Service Medal, 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
15 January 1919 - awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for constantly good work and devotion to duty between the 25 Fbruary 1918 and 16 September 1918.
London Gazette on 18 January 1919, page 1023, position 39
Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 3 June 1919, page 941, position 75
During 1936c John married May Latham Kernot in Victoria