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EYRES, Joseph

Service Number:	189
Enlisted:	14 March 1915, Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Richmond, New South Wales, Australia, 20 February 1880
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 21 June 1916, aged 36 years
Cemetery:	Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 31
Memorials:	Municipality of Waterloo Roll of Service No. 3

World War 1 Service

14 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 189, 20th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 189, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 189, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
1 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 20th Infantry Battalion
27 Oct 1916:	Honoured Military Medal
Date unknown:	Involvement 20th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Enlisted and served under alias FLECKNELL, Joseph

Son of Thomas EYRES and Mary nee HAINES