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CULLINANE, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3793 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 September 1915, Townsville, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Georgetown, Queensland, Australia, 20 October 1890 |
| Home Town: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Cumberland State School |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 14 November 1916, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3793, 25th Infantry Battalion, Townsville, Queensland | |
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| 31 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3793, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3793, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane | |
| 14 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3793, 25th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17 |
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"...3793 Private John Cullinane, 25th Battalion, of Cloncurry Qld. A miner prior to enlisting in September 1915, Pte Cullinane embarked from Brisbane with the 9th to 12th Reinforcements on board HMAT Wandilla (A62) on 31 January 1916. He trained with the 7th Training Battalion in Egypt from April and arrived for service on the Western Front in July 1916. Pte Cullinane was killed in action on the Somme, France, on 14 November 1916. He was 26 years of age." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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