DWYER, Jack
| Service Number: | 1941 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 September 1893 |
| Home Town: | West Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers, West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Turkey, 11 August 1915, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hampton RSL Gallipoli Memorial Gardens, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1941, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1941, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1941, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Jack Dwyer was a packer from Brighton, Victoria prior to enlistment. His parents were Dennis and Elizabeth Dwyer, Exchange Hotel, Brighton, Victoria.
Prior to enlisting, he was employed at Andrew Jack, Dyson and Co., Collins Street, Melbourne, who were stationery and printing merchants.
His youngest brother, 3796 Pte. Edmund Dwyer 46th Battalion AIF, died of disease in Egypt on 5 June 1916, aged 21.
His eldest brother 116 Sergeant Daniel Dwyer, of the 23rd Battalion, was badly wounded at Pozieres but returned to Australia in 1919.
Jack Dwyer arrived on Gallipoli in July 1915 and was mortally wounded during the heavy fighting near Lone Pine on 9 August 1915. He died at sea from bomb wounds to the head two days later.