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DEAN, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5842 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bolton, Lancashire, England, 1874 |
| Home Town: | Midland Junction, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Turner |
| Died: | Midland Junction, Western Australia, 4 August 1946, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 5842, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
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| 13 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 5842, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by B Stanleu
John Dean, known as Jack, and his son Edmund Dean enlisted in WW1. His Grandson John Buckland Dean was taken Prisoner of War in 1942 during WW2 and died of illness in 1943. Jack emigrated from Bolton Lancashire and resided in Midland Junction, WA.
John's brother William Henry "Harry", also emigated and settled in Midland Junction and had two sons killed in action in WW1. Jack Dean, 32nd Battalion, killed in action at Fromelles and Charles Entwistle, 28th Battation, Died of Wounds, 12 Dec 1917. A third son Harry Stanley Dean also enlisted and served with the 44th Battalion.