BAINBRIDGE, John Andrew
| Service Number: | 1927 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 7 August 1887 |
| Home Town: | Wallsend, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Edgeworth Citizens of Young Wallsend WWI Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1927, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1927, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1927, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 20 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1927, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1927 awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery, Newcastle
Private John Andrew Bainbridge, 53rd Battalion
102 years ago today, on the Friday evening of the 9th November 1917, the Young Wallsend Roll of Honour was unveiled to a large attendance at Smith’s Hall.
This magnificent WW1 Roll of honour, beautifully carved Queensland maple, was entrusted to Mr W Bennett of Wickham, at a cost of 36 pounds (about 3,300 dollars today).
21 names have been inscribed of citizens from the town who had enlisted and served in The Great War, 3 designated as paying the supreme sacrifice (not 4).
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138749575
Awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
Private John Andrew Bainbridge, 53rd Battalion, labourer from Young Wallsend, New South Wales, fell on the 19th July 1916 at the Battle of Fromelles, age 28.
https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1731672/
Name inscribed at VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France. Memorial No 7.
Son of Thomas (died 1905) and Jane Ann (died 1889) Bainbridge; foster mother, Mrs Elizabeth Richardson, of Young Wallsend, N.S.W. and 14 East Street, Redfern, N.S.W.
The headstone at his parent’s gravesite has been destroyed, so I have placed a memorial cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the memorialised grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) C NE. 18.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/…/war-…/index.php…
There is no memorial inscription on his parent’s headstone, so I will be placing a memorial cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, take a photo of the memorialised grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/…/war-…/index.php…
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