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INCOLL, John Valentine
| Service Number: | 4499 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 September 1915, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 14 February 1879 |
| Home Town: | Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Builder's Labourer |
| Died: | Springbank, South Australia, 22 May 1961, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Hindmarsh Cemetery, S.A. |
| Memorials: | Hindmarsh Brompton Methodist Church Honor Roll, Hindmarsh Volunteer Fire Brigade Memorial Window |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4499, 10th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA | |
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| 11 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4499, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4499, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 4499 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 4499 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Husband of F L INCOLL, Port Road, Bowden, SA
Private J. V. Incoll, a one-time prominent footballer in Broken Hill and latterly of the "West Torrens club in Adelaide, has written to Mr. W. S. Hughes, of Hindmarsh, an interesting letter from France, under date September 8, in which he says:-"The scrapping we had on the Somme was of a very violent nature. It was worse than hell day after day, and we had to put up with many hardships, but it was all for a good cause. I have had one or two trying experiences, especially the last one. We were, on our road home from the front, when one of Fritz' shells lobbed in the trench among the last 10 of us, killing the first five men in front of me, and burying my mate and myself. We received a bad shock, and my mate has gone to England for repairs, but I was bad only for a day or two, and was back to it again. We are now on another part of the line, and it is a little quieter, but very open and unsheltered."
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