NEYLAND, John William
| Service Number: | 122 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Remount Unit (AIF) |
| Born: | Natte Yallock, Victoria, Australia, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Birchip, Buloke, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Inspector |
| Died: | 1946, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 14 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 122, 1st Remount Unit (AIF) | |
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| 12 Nov 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 122, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Nov 1915: | Embarked Sergeant, 122, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), HMAT Orsova, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
John William Neyland served during the Boer War with the Victorian Imperial Bushmen. He enlisted again in WW1 during 1915 at the age of 38. He joined the 1st Remount Unit which was formed to look after the Light Horse Regiment’s horses. The units contained a high proportion of Boer War veterans and expert horsemen.
John was the eldest of seven brothers, five in the AIF and two with the British Forces. One brother, James, was killed with the Gordon Highlanders during 1917 and another brother, Niven, was captured at Gallipoli during August 1915 and spent three years as a prisoner of war in a Turkish prison camp. They were all the sons of John Pringle and Margaret Ann Neyland of Birchip, Victoria.
John Neyland suffered badly with cellulitis in Egypt and was returned to Australia during late 1916.