John William HOAD MM and Bar

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HOAD, John William

Service Number:	1063
Enlisted:	19 April 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd Divisional Signal Company
Born:	Wingham, New South Wales, May 1885
Home Town:	Knorrit Flat, Greater Taree, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Memorials:	Wingham St. Matthew's Anglican Church Memorial Lynch Gate

World War 1 Service

19 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1063, Liverpool, New South Wales
4 Jun 1915:	Involvement Sapper, 1063, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: ''
4 Jun 1915:	Embarked Sapper, 1063, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Port Macquarie, Melbourne
16 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 1063, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, ANZAC / Gallipoli
3 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1063, 2nd Divisional Signal Company

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...1063 Private John William Hoad, No. 2 Section, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, of Knorritt Flat via Wingham, NSW. Pte Hoad enlisted on 17 April 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Port Macquarie on 4 June 1915. He later served as a sergeant and was awarded the Military Medal (MM) on 18 July 1917. On 12 December 1917 he was awarded a Bar to the MM. He returned to Australia on 5 April 1918 as a member of the 2nd Divisional Signal Company." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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