John Stewart HAIG MM

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Service Number:	11969
Enlisted:	11 October 1916, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	5th Motor Transport Company
Born:	Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Bowral, Wingecarribee, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Scone, New South Wales, Australia, 24 August 1972, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bowral General Cemetery, NSW Presbyterian area
Memorials:

11 May 1916:	Involvement Driver, 11969, 9th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
11 May 1916:	Embarked Driver, 11969, 9th Field Ambulance, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
11 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 11969, 9th Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
23 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Division Supply Column , From the 9th Field Ambulance
12 Mar 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Motor Transport Company, From 3rd Divisional Supply Column
6 Oct 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, During a heavy German attack on the 4 and 5 April 1918 at Villers-Bretonneux he showed utmost while working continuously for 24 hours under heavy shell fire London Gazette on 6 August 1918, page 9255, position 60 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 12 December 1918, page 2350, position 34
1 May 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 5th Motor Transport Company, From 3rd Motor Transport Company
20 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 11969, 5th Motor Transport Company, Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Son of James Alexander Haig and Agnes Pryde Haig nee of 'Eridge Park', Bowral, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 8 October 1919 aboard HT Devon disembarking on 27 November 1919 for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Between 2 April 1919 and 18 September 1919 he studied Dairy Science at the Scotalnd College of Agriculture, Kilmarnock, Scotland

During 1921c John married Helen McG. Haig in Chatswood, NSW