John Cecil YATES

YATES, John Cecil

    Service Number: 6820
    Enlisted: 18 July 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Wellington, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
    Home Town: Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Share Farmer
    Died: Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 1965, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Jul 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6820, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    8 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 6820, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    8 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 6820, 4th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney
    4 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6820, 4th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Severe wound to the right arm. Evacuated to England on 14 October 1917 aboard HS Warilda
    10 Mar 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6820, 4th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Shell wound to the left thigh. Invalided to England on 15 March 1918 aboard HS Princess Elizabeth
    11 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6820, 4th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Benjamin Yates and Sarah Margaret Yates of Springside Street, Rozelle, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 25 January 1919 aboard HT Ceramic disembarking at Port Said on 4 February 1919 due to influenza. He later continued to Australia aboard HT Lancashire disembarking on the 2 April 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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