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PARK, John William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 670 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Burray, Orkney, Scotland., date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telegraph Messager in UK/Labourer in Australia |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Greece, 15 June 1915, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
East Mudros Military Cemetery Grave I.D. 91. INSCRIPTION THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT , East Mudros Military Cemetery, Mudros, Lemnos, Aegean Islands, Greece |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 670, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 670, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is also commemorated on the Burray War Memorial on Burray, one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland. It lies to the east of Scapa Flow.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Stepson of of Barbara S Banks, 7 Iona St; Leith. Address: Smeaton House, Inveresk. Brought up in Mussleburgh. Enlisted in Kings Own Scottish Borderers at age 16. Saw Service in Egypt & Sudan. Walked 150 miles to enlist.
He is remembered on the Musselburgh War Memorial in East Lothian
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