John Joshua JOLLY

JOLLY, John Joshua

    Service Number: 316
    Enlisted: 16 September 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 8th Light Horse Regiment
    Born: Gippsland, Victoria, 3 September 1886
    Home Town: Walhalla, Baw Baw, Victoria
    Schooling: Walhalla State School
    Occupation: Farrier
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 28 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    16 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 316, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Melbourne, Victoria
    25 Feb 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 316, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
    25 Feb 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 316, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne
    7 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 316, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 316 awm_unit: 8 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-07

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    Biography

    "...316 Lance Corporal John Joshua Jolly, 8th Light Horse Regiment, of South Yarra, Vic. A farrier by trade he enlisted on 16 September 1914 and embarked for service overseas on HMAT Star of Victoria from Melbourne on 25 February 1915. LCpl was killed in action on 7 August 1915 at The Nek, Gallipoli, aged 28 years." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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