John James MASON

MASON, John James

    Service Number: 4656
    Enlisted: 6 September 1915
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 14 December 1896
    Home Town: Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Cleveland Street Public School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 5 August 1916, aged 19 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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    World War 1 Service

    6 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4656, 1st Infantry Battalion
    15 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 4656, 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    15 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 4656, 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney
    5 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 4656, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4656 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-05

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    John James Mason, also known as James Mason was 18 years old when he enlisted and the son of James and Annie Mason of 18 Buckingham Street, Surry Hills, New South Wales. His younger brother Private William Mason 19th Battalion also died of wounds on the 26 July 1916. On the 5 August 1916, James was initially reported missing but later on he was found to be killed in action, probably by shell fire at Pozieres, France. He was 20 years and 8 months.

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