John Ephraim LAKE

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Service Number:	1972
Enlisted:	28 January 1915, Kalgoorlie
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Darlington, New South Wales, Australia, 3 March 1898
Home Town:	Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Darlington Public School, New South Wales, and Daveyhurst Public School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 8 October 1917, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium XIV. F. 12
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Kalgoorlie Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honour Board, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

28 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1972, 11th Infantry Battalion, Kalgoorlie
22 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1972, 11th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
22 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1972, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle
16 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1972, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
26 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1972, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMHS Carisbrook Castle, Malta - invalided to England for treatment of illness (Pneumonia)
17 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1972, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, England - invalided to Australia due to illness
15 Jul 1916:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 1972, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ajana, Fremantle
15 Jul 1916:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1972, 11th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
31 Dec 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1972, 11th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, GSW left leg
7 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1972, 11th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, GSW right thigh - compound fracture
8 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1972, 11th Infantry Battalion, Died of wounds

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