John Hosking ARGALL

John Hosking ARGALL Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

ARGALL, John Hosking

Service Number:	1719
Enlisted:	9 December 1914, Oaklands, South Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Thebarton, South Australia, 3 March 1885
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Grote Street School, Sturt Street State School Adelaide
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds (POW of Germany), Cologne, Germany, 9 September 1916, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Cologne Southern Cemetery XVII B 15, Cologne Southern Cemetery, Cologne, Germany
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Sturt Street Public School Great War Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

9 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Oaklands, South Australia
1 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1719, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1719, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide
9 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1719, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1719 awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-09-09

Biography

Son of Phillip ARGALL and Marcella nee O'CONNELL

"THE LATE LANCE-CORPORAL J. H. ARGALL.

Mr. P. S. Argall, of Gilbert-street, Adelaide, has received news stating that his brother, Lance-Corporal J. H. Argall, has died whilst a prisoner of war in Germany, on September 9. Lance-Corporal Argall was in his 31st year. He was born at Thebarton, and educated at the Grote-street school. He left Adelaide on April 1, 1915, and served both at Gallipoli and in France. He was well known in sports circles." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 18 Nov 1916 (nla.gov.au)

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia