John MOFFAT

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Service Number:	1024
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Glasgow, Scotland, 1 January 1885
Home Town:	Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 18 January 1917, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Bancourt British Cemetery Plot III, Row B, Grave 15,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

9 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1024, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1024, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 31st Infantry Battalion
29 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 31st Infantry Battalion
18 Jan 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 1024, 31st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1024 awm_unit: 31st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-01-18

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