Joseph Henry THORNTON

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Service Number:	2030
Enlisted:	16 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bingley, England, 1893
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 16 June 1915
Cemetery:	Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove Plot 1, Row J, Grave 2 Rev. J. Green officiated, Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

16 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2030, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
13 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 2030, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
13 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 2030, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney

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Son of Benjamin Gott Thornton of Moseley Hill, Liverpool, England

Next of kin given as his sister Mary Ellen Robinson nee Thornton of 102 Brunswick Street, Nelson, Lancashire

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

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