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WORDSWORTH, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2063 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 February 1915, Enlisted at Perth WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Coolgardie, Coolgardie, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Spiker |
| Died: | Illness (Enteric fever), Mudros, Greece, 31 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
East Mudros Military Cemetery Plot 11, Row K, Grave 185 Rev. Rigby officiated Headstone inscription reads: The dead have nobly died, East Mudros Military Cemetery, Mudros, Lemnos, Aegean Islands, Greece |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 15 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2063, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Perth WA | |
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| 26 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 2063, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 2063, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Hororata, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Attestation paper gives his town of birth as Townsville, QLD
Eldest son of Willian Wordsworth and Eleanor Wordsworth later known as Eleanor Love of Stoneham Street, Belmont, WA formerly of Sylvester Street, Coolgardie, WA
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal