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ANTONIO, Jack
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2447 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 February 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
| Born: | Noarlunga, South Australia, 3 January 1895 |
| Home Town: | Noarlunga, Onkaparinga, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Keswick Repat Hospital, South Australia, 8 July 1941, aged 46 years |
| Cemetery: |
Morphett Vale St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery |
| Memorials: | South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2447, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 8 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2447, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Kabinga embarkation_ship_number: A58 public_note: '' | |
| 8 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2447, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kabinga, Melbourne | |
| 19 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2447, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron , Battles of Gaza , GSW (head) | |
| 26 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2447, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
General Birdwood presented his Military Medal on 6 March, while visiting Adelaide.
"ANTONIO.— On the 8th of July, at Repatriation hospital, Keswick, Jack Antonio (lance corporal, 3rd Machine Gun Squadron, 1st A.I.F.), beloved husband of Nell Antonio, of 12 Byron road, Black Forest, and loving father of John, Mary, and Betty, and loved eldest son of Mrs. E. and the late Thomas Antonio, of Noarlunga, aged 46 years. Requiescat in pace." - from the Adelaide Advertiser 10 Jul 1941 (nla.gov.au)
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