HAGAN, John William
| Service Number: | 445 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 January 1916, Armidale, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Barraba, New South Wales, Australia, 4 July 1895 |
| Home Town: | Barraba, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Barraba Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Wounds, 20th Casualty Clearing Station, Doingt, Northern France, 30 September 1918, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Doingt Communal Cemetery Extension, Picardie, France Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 5 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barraba Public School Great War Roll of Honor, Barraba War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 445, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Armidale, NSW | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 445, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 445, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James HAGAN and Amy Amelia HAGAN nee FOREBES, of Rodney St., Barraba, New South Wales.
ONE LINK DEATH CAN NEVER SEVER LOVING REMEMBRANCE WHICH LASTS FOR EVER
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 30th September 1918, Private John William Hagan, referred to as Jack, 33rd Battalion (Reg No-445), farmer from Cooper Street, Barraba, New South Wales, Died of Wounds at the 20th Casualty Clearing Station, Doingt, Northern France after being hit by enemy artillery shell fragments while in a trench near the village of Bony, age 23.
Born at Barraba, New South Wales on the 4th July 1895 to James Alexander (died 16.5.1937, Barraba, N.S.W., age 81 or 83, buried at Barraba General Cemetery, Barraba, N.S.W.), from Rodney Street, Barraba, New South Wales and Edward Street, Barraba, N.S.W. (1922), and Amy Amelia Hagan nee Forbes (died 10.10.1914, Barraba, N.S.W. as Amelia, age 49, mother of 16!, sleeping at Barraba General Cemetery, Barraba, N.S.W.), from Rodney Street, Barraba, New South Wales, Jack enlisted on the 28th January 1916 at Armidale, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A74 Marathon on the 4th May 1916.
Disembarked Devonport, England 9.7.1916.
Wounded in action - 10.6.1917 (SW or GSW left leg and calf, right foot, near Ploegsteert Woods, Belgium, Battle of Messines), 30.9.1918 (shell shot wounds to head and legs).
Invalided to England 17.6.1917.
Admitted to hospital 18.6.1918 (influenza).
Mr. Hagan is resting at Doingt Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Plot III Row C Grave 5.
Place of Association - Barraba, New South Wales, Australia.
Jack’s name has been inscribed on the Barraba Public School Great War Roll of Honor, Barraba and District War Memorial and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
Older brother James Hagen (born 30.6.1893, Barraba, New South Wales, farmer and boilermaker's assistant and fitter (Honeysuckle Point workshops), from Cooper Street, Barraba, New South Wales and 10 Cowper Street, Georgetown, N.S.W., enlisted 15.8.1915, 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment, Reg No-2200A, admitted to hospital 18.10.1917 (trench feet, mild), RTA 27.6.1919, 33rd Battalion, died 29.1.1925, age 31, coroner report, self inflicted wound to the throat (suicide), Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance, officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html...), resting same location. ANGLICAN 1-81. 56. Photos 7-10.
I have placed poppies at the memorialised Hagan gravesite in remembrance of his brother’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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