John LEARMONTH

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Service Number:	2641
Enlisted:	23 May 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 22 April 1887
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Finley Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 4 September 1916, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

23 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2641, 12th Infantry Battalion
2 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2641, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
2 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2641, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Fremantle
4 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2641, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2641 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-04

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