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GUERIN, John Felician Terence
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2910 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 April 1916, Enlisted in Bundaberg. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Coomera, Queensland, Australia, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Name on Menin Gate Panel 29. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundaberg War Memorial, Rosedale & Tottenham War Memorial, Rosedale and Tottenham Roll of Honour, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2910, 49th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Bundaberg. | |
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| 27 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2910, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2910, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2910, 49th Infantry Battalion, Wounded in hip. Reported Missing in Action. Court of Enquiry determined that he was Killed in Action, body never recovered. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Matthew Whitehead
Reprted missing in action on 7 June 1917. Court of Enquiry on 23 February 1918 that he was killed in action. A fellow soldier reported that he had been wounded in the hip and that the bullet had exited through his knee. The soldier had applied bandages but was ordered to advance, there is no record of John Guerin after this event. His body has never been identified.