John Patrick DALE

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Service Number:	2129
Enlisted:	16 September 1915, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Memorials:

16 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2129, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
18 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 2129, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
18 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 2129, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne
21 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2129, 31st Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wounds to the right leg and left arm
9 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2129, 31st Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the left leg compound fracture of the tibia
15 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2129, 31st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Next of kin given as his sister Elizabeth Rowlinson nee Dale of Manilla, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 19 April 1919 aboard HT Marathon as invalid due to wounds. Disembarked at Sydney, NSW on 10 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal