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MITCHELL, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 96 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, 4th Battalion Headquarters |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 1871 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sanitary inspector |
| Died: | 1944, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 96, 4th Infantry Battalion, 4th Battalion Headquarters | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement 96, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked 96, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Served at the Anzac landing, where he distinguished himself by demonstrating great resourcefulness in organising small parties of men to carry water and ammunition to forward positions, actions that necessitated crossing open ground swept by fire. He again distinguished himself during the Lone Pine fighting by again displaying great coolness in carrying ammunition and bombs to the front line. He was almost 44 years of age by this time, and recommended several times for bravery. He was returned to Australia during 1917, suffering from general debility.