John Thomas WYNN

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Service Number:	911
Enlisted:	9 November 1915, Moree, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Carroll, New South Wales, 1897
Home Town:	Gravesend, Gwydir, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 14 July 1917
Cemetery:	Westhof Farm Cemetery Plot I, Row D, Grave 10 Headstone Inscription "IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY ONLY DARLING SON JACK", Westhof Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moree ANZAC Centenary Memorial

9 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 911, Moree, New South Wales
4 May 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 911, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 911, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
14 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 911, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 911 awm_unit: 33rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-07-14

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Served as Apprentince Engineer in Inglewood, Queensland

9 July 1916 - Disembarked at Devonport, UK

24 November 1916 - Proceeded overseas to France from Southampton

14 July 1917 - Wounded in action, right arm and left leg amputated

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

"Lance-Corporal J. T. Wynn, son of Mrs. M. J. Wynn, of Pallamallawa, and a member of the 33rd Battalion died of wounds on 14th June." - from the Inverell Times 03 Aug 1917 (nla.gov.au)