John Edward YATES

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Service Number:	215
Enlisted:	28 September 1914, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brighton, Sussex, England, 1892
Home Town:	Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling:	Brighton Municipal Secondary School, Brighton, England
Occupation:	Stockman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

28 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 215, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 215, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 215, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
30 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , From 15th Battalion
22 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Infantry Battalion, From 14th Field Artillery Brigade. Rank of Temporary Corporal. Later reverted to Private
11 Apr 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 215, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 215 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-11

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Son of Edward Yates and Jemima Yates of Marine Parade, Brighton, Sussex, England. Brother of Frederick W. Yates and Helen M. Yates

Husband of Daisy West formerly Yates of Duke Street, Brighton, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal