John William DIMOND

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Service Number:	1165
Enlisted:	9 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dundaroo, New South Wales, 1878
Home Town:	Gundagai, Gundagai, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness - Enteric Fever, On board HMAT Nestor at 9am while entering Cape Town HarbourSouth Africa, 8 June 1919
Cemetery:	Woltemade Cemetery (Maitland), Cape Town Section 4, Grave 97709A Rev. F.W. Tugwell(Nestor) and C. Pulford (Ypiringa) officiated. There was a large attendence Cape Town YMCA erected the headstone which was partly paid for by the men of the 18th Battalion on board the Nestor, Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gundagai War Memorial

9 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1165, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1165, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1165, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney

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Son of Henry and Eliza Dimond of Yass, NSW previously of 'Tumbalong', Adelaide Crossing, Gundagai, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal