John Thomas HESSEY

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Service Number:	2914
Enlisted:	17 May 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, Englanf, 1879
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	Narrabeen, New South Wales, Australia, 1967, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

17 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2914, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
26 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2914, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
26 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2914, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney
5 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, From 3rd Battalion
3 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2914, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the hips and arm. Invalided to England aboard HS Warilda on 17 May 1917
13 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2914, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism

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Husband of Ella Hessey of Sutherland Street, Paddington, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 11 December 1918 aboard HT Saxon disembarking on 2 February 1919

Medal: British War Medal, Victory Medal