John Francis PENROSE

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Service Number:	884
Enlisted:	10 February 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Prahran, Victoria, Austraia, 1891
Home Town:	Highett, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 27 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

10 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 884, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 884, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 884, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Son of Francis C. Penrose of Highett Road, Highett, Vic.

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