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DEACON, Joseph Herbert

Service Numbers:	1174, T30886
Enlisted:	18 September 1914, An original member of H Company
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	6/30 Garrison Battalion (TAS)
Born:	St Helens, Tasmania, Australia, 28 March 1891
Home Town:	St Helens, Break O'Day, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	1952, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

18 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1174, 15th Infantry Battalion, An original member of H Company
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1174, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
3 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion
29 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion
8 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, Service Medals: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal.

World War 2 Service

22 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, T30886
9 Feb 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 6/30 Garrison Battalion (TAS) , Medically unfit.

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