John Benjamin JOHNS

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Service Number:	1570
Enlisted:	6 January 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Vic., 1889
Home Town:	Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia
Schooling:	Ballarat State School
Occupation:	Warehouseman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 August 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula II G 37, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Subiaco Fallen Soldiers Memorial, Victoria Park Church of the Transfiguration Fallen Honour Roll

6 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1570, 11th Infantry Battalion
22 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1570, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
22 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1570, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle
1 Aug 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1570, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1570 awm_unit: 11 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-01

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Son of Marie Louise Johns, of 130, Suburban Rd., South Perth, Western Australia, and the late John B. Johns