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MANSON, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5873 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | The Rock, Lockhart, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wheat Farmer at Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France Grave II. C. 30., Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 5873, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 5873, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 34 and the son of John and Eliza Manson, of Stromness, Orkney, Scotland.
He is commemorated on the Stromness- Orkney, War Memorial.
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