Henry John VAN JOOLEN

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Service Number:	674
Enlisted:	21 December 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Second Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Australian Light Railway Operating Company
Born:	Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Brunswick West, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fireman
Died:	West Brunswick, Victoria, January 1944, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Church of England E, Grave 183. Interred on 31 January 1944
Memorials:

21 Dec 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 674, Railway Unit (AIF), Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
19 Feb 1917:	Involvement 674, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1917:	Embarked 674, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne
23 Aug 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 15th Light Railway Operating Company, In France
1 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 1st Australian Light Railway Operating Company, In France
20 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 674, 1st Australian Light Railway Operating Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Henry Van Joolen and Louisa Van Joolen nee Myers of Port Melbourne, Victoria.

Husband of Ruby Ethel Van Joolen Howson Street, West Brunswick, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 21 June 1919 aboard HT Konigin Luise disembarking on 13 August 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal