EMBLETON, John Edward
| Service Number: | 2177 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 5 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Broadmeadow, New South Wales, Australia, 30 March 1894 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hamilton Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Railway Fitter and engineer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Hamilton War Memorial, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 5 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 2177, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2177, 35th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2177, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
John Edward EMBLETON (Service Number 2177) was born on 30 March 1894 at Broadmeadow. He commenced working for the NSW Railways as an apprentice fitter at Hamilton Locomotive Depot in January 1910. By March 1915 his apprenticeship was completed and as it was not automatic for apprentices to be retained as tradesmen, he was dispensed with. He soon found employment as a casual fitter at Werris Creek Locomotive Depot, but on 3 May 1916 he resigned. This may have been his misunderstanding or a clerical error for on 5 May he enlisted in the AIF, and his record card shows that on 8 May he was granted leave to join the Expeditionary Forces.
He left Australia through Sydney onboard HMAT ‘Anchises’ on 24 August.
He was killed by a sniper in action near Passchendaele in Belgium on 12 October 1917 and probably buried in the vicinity of Tyne Cottage by the Canadians, but this location has been lost. His name is recorded on the Menin Gate Memorial at Ypres, Belgium. He was known as Jack.
Submitted 27 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
John Edward EMBLETON (Service Number 2177) was born on 30th March 1894 at Broadmeadow. He commenced working for the NSW Railways as an apprentice fitter at Hamilton Locomotive Depot in January 1910. By March 1915 his apprenticeship was completed. It was not automatic for apprentices to be retained as tradesmen. However, he soon found employment as a casual fitter at Werris Creek Locomotive Depot. On 8th May he was granted leave to join the Expeditionary Forces. On 5th May he enlisted in the AIF.
He left Australia from Sydney on board HMAT ‘Anchises’ on 24th August and reached Devonport, England, on 11th October 1916. He was taken on the strength of the 35th Australian Infantry Battalion. A month later he went to France. He was killed by a sniper in action near Passchendaele in Belgium on 12th October 1917. He was probably buried in the vicinity of Tyne Cottage by the Canadians, but this location has been lost. His name is recorded on the Menin Gate Memorial at Ypres, Belgium. He was known as Jack.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchel, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the morning of the 12th October 1917, Private John Edward Embleton, referred to as Jack, 35th Battalion (runner, Reg No-2177), engineer & fitter (Werris Creek, N.S.W.), from "Eureka", 13 Pokolbin Street, Hamilton West, New South Wales, was shot through the chest or kidneys by an enemy sniper, 1st Battle of Passchendaele, age 23 years 6 months.
Born at Hamilton, New South Wales on the 30th March 1894 to Joseph Edward (died 17.12.1928, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 76) of "Eureka", 13 Pokolbin Street, Hamilton West, New South Wales, and Anne Embleton nee Hall (Annie, died 10.5.1941, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 83, of "Eureka", 13 Pokolbin Street, Hamilton West, New South Wales and 55 Brunker Road, Broadmeadow, N.S.W., Jack enlisted on the 8th May 1916 at Broadmeadow, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A68 Anchises on the 24th August 1916.
Mr. Embleton’s name has been inscribed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 25), Belgium.
Place of Association - Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Jack’s name has also been inscribed on the Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor, Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial, Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honor, Werris Creek Railways Honour Roll – photo 8, NSW Govt Railways & Tramways Roll of Honour 1914-1919 and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name not inscribed on the Hamilton Government Loco. Sheds Roll of Honour. Name would be inscribed on the Newcastle Technical College Roll of Honour, whereabouts unknown.
I have placed poppies at the memorialised Embleton gravesite in remembrance of the service and supreme sacrifice of their son Jack for God, King & Country. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) L SW. 18.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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