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DAY, John Herbert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 14 March 1918, Australian Instructional Corps Senior NCO Permanent Army Commissioned No6 Officer Training Course Duntroon Allocated to reinforce 59th Battalion |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Haddon, Victoria, Australia, 26 February 1877 |
| Home Town: | Sebastopol, Ballarat, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Royal Military College, Duntroon, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
| Occupation: | Professional Soldier |
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World War 1 Service
| 14 Mar 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, Australian Instructional Corps Senior NCO Permanent Army Commissioned No6 Officer Training Course Duntroon Allocated to reinforce 59th Battalion | |
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| 21 Mar 1918: | Embarked 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, HMAT Persic, Sydney | |
| 21 Mar 1918: | Involvement 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 24 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Taken on Strength of AIF in UK from Officer List Australia Permanent Staff | |
| 10 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 59th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of 59th Battalion in the Field France | |
| 14 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Australian Corps School (AIF), Detached to Australia Corps School as an Instructor France | |
| 4 Nov 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 59th Infantry Battalion | |
| 31 Jan 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 15th Infantry Brigade Headquarters (WW1), Posted for duty with 15th Infantry Brigade Guard | |
| 3 May 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 59th Infantry Battalion, RTA 3MD Melbourne Medically Unfit Influenza and Pneumonia For Discharge | |
| 25 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment Cessation of Hostilities |
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