John Henry MEGAN

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Service Number:	976
Enlisted:	7 December 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	9th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 1878
Home Town:	Numurkah, Moira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Trainer
Died:	Died of wounds - thigh, At sea, on board HS Devanha, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 9 Chaplain B.K. Bond officiated , Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

7 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 976, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne
22 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 976, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
22 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 976, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Afric, Melbourne
29 Aug 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 976, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 976 awm_unit: 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-29

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Next of kin given as Florence Patchell of Quinn Street, Numurkah, Vic.

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

Served an apprenticeship with T Wilson of Ballarat, Vic.