Job LLOYD

LLOYD, Job

Service Number: 1928
Enlisted: 25 January 1915, Oaklands, South Australia
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born: Marrabel, South Australia, 24 October 1887
Home Town: Port Germein, Mount Remarkable, South Australia
Schooling: Marrabel Public School
Occupation: Farrier
Died: Died of wounds, Gallipoli - at sea (near Gaba Tepe aboard H.M.T. El Kehiras), Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 August 1915, aged 27 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Buried at Sea, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Marrabel District Honour Roll, Marrabel J Lloyd Memorial, Marrabel War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

25 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1928, Oaklands, South Australia
20 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1928, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
20 Apr 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1928, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Hororata, Adelaide
25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1928, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli
8 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1928, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1928 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-08

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Biography

"THE LATE LANCE-CORPORAL J. LLOYD.

The late Lance-Corporal J. Lloyd, second son of Mr. Thomas Lloyd, Marrabel, was born at Mernowie, near Marrabel, on Oc tober 24, 1887. He was a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge at Petersburg. He answered the call of his country on January 23 at Port Germein, where he was employed by Mr. Millighan as blacksmith. On April 20 he left South Australia for Gallipoli, where he died of wounds on August 8." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 09 Oct 1915 (nla.gov.au)

 

 

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