Joseph Claude RAYMENT

RAYMENT, Joseph Claude

Service Number: 483
Enlisted: 10 October 1914, Brisbane, Qld.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 17th Infantry Battalion
Born: Saffron Walden Essex, England, 1889
Home Town: Samson Vale, Moreton Bay, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Brewer
Died: Brisbane, Qld., 10 July 1969, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane
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Memorials: Samson Vale Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

10 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 483, 15th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld.
22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 483, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 483, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Joseph's parents were Charles Raymont and Emily Forster. He immigrated to Australia on the Orsova, 31 October 1910. He enlisted 10 October 1914 at Brisbane. Joseph was wounded in action and returned to Australia 1919 and disembarked in Melbourne. By 1925 he had established himself as a labourer at Samsonvale, 1936 to 1963 his occupation was listed as a farmer in Samsonvale and Bunya, he eventually moved to Newmarket in 1968 where he died the following year on 14 July 1969, aged 80.