John Charles LAILEY

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Service Number:	756
Enlisted:	29 September 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Portsmouth, England, 1893
Home Town:	Leederville, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial Panel 55, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

29 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 756, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Driver, 756, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Driver, 756, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
2 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 756, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 756 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-02

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Address at the time of enlistment was 618 Newcastle Street, Leederville, WA

Son of George Lailey of 7 Janet Street, West Perth, WA

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