LAFFERTY, John
| Service Number: | 4054 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 9 May 1883 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | S.S. Peter and Paul’s South Melbourne School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 30 August 1916, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle Fallen Sailors & Soldiers Memorial, North Fremantle Cenotaph, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4054, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 22 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4054, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4054, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ajana, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Private John Lafferty, known as Jack, of 16 Battalion was born in Glasgow to John and Catherine Lafferty in 1883. Jack had two brothers and sister, plus two step-brothers (James and Hugh) from his father's first wife Fanny who died.
The family decided to emigrate from Scotland to Australia arriving in Melbourne on the SS Cuzco in May 1885, when John was only 2 years of age. Later they moved to Western Australia and lived in George Street Fremantle. Jack worked as a pipe moulder.
Jack enlisted in June 1915 and was posted to the 16th Battalion. He was killed in action at Mouquet Farm on 30 August 1916. He was 33.
His half-brother, 316 Pte. James David Lafferty 11th Battalion AIF, had been killed in action at Gallipoli, 1 August 1915, aged 43.