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FINDLAY , John
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1121 |
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Enlisted: | 27 August 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Peelwood, New South Wales, Australia, 1885 |
Home Town: | Peelwood, Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Miner |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 April 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 37, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1121, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1121, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1121, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
27 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Enlisted under the Alias of John Findlay birth names John Ford
Son of George Ford aka George Findlay of 'Wangelo Station', Peelwood, NSW and Ann Ford of Tinys' Hollow, Pelwood, NSW. Brother of Annie Ford
Medals 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal