John Norman GRAHAM

GRAHAM, John Norman

Service Number: 5387
Enlisted: 10 January 1916, Charters Towers Queensland
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 12th Infantry Battalion
Born: Normanton, Queensland, Australia, 25 September 1890
Home Town: Georgetown, Etheridge, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 6 April 1917, aged 26 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Normanton Carpentaria Shire Roll of Honour, Proserpine Cenotaph, Proserpine War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

10 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5387, 12th Infantry Battalion, Charters Towers Queensland
20 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 5387, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
20 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 5387, 12th Infantry Battalion, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Ann GRAHAM nee TONKS, of Proserpine, Queensland, and the late Thomas Graham.

John met his death doing one of the most noblest and most dangerous duties that a soldier has to perform, that was stretcher bearing.   He was shot in the head and died instantly without suffering.