John HESTER

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Service Number:	3133
Enlisted:	24 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 17 September 1879
Home Town:	Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Hawthorn State School No.293, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Council Employee
Died:	Heart trouble, Auburn, Victoria, Australia, 30 November 1944, aged 65 years
Cemetery:	Burwood General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Plot Methodist A, Section C, Grave 28
Memorials:

24 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3133, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
26 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3133, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
26 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3133, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
23 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion
15 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, B Company
18 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3133, 59th Infantry Battalion, Alexandria, Egypt per HMT Kinfauns, disembarked Marseilles, France 29 June, 1916
19 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3133, 59th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Bullet wound left buttock, shrapnel left arm.
13 Apr 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3133, 59th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Liverpool, UK per HMT Wyreema, disembarked Port Melbourne, Australia on 31 May, 1919
25 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3133, 59th Infantry Battalion

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Son of Mrs Jane Hester, 2 Selbourne Street, Hawthorn, Victoria

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