John William NEWMAN

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Service Number:	1976
Enlisted:	28 June 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	England, 1872
Home Town:	Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds - shell wounds to the hip and gas burns, Kreigagefangenen Lazarett, France, 1 August 1916
Cemetery:	Le Cateau Military Cemetery Plot V, Row H, Grave 4, Le Cateau Military Cemetery, Le Cateau, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

28 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1976, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane
16 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 1976, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 1976, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
29 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1976, 25th Infantry Battalion, Wounded and taken Prisoner of War and died in German hands
29 Jul 1916:	Imprisoned Battle for Pozières , Died of wounds as POW at Kraigagefangenen Lazarett Camp

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Marital status was given as widower

Next of kin given as his son William Newman of Prospect Street, Bowen Hill, QLD; also father of Mary Newman of 153 Kent Street, New Farm, QLD

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

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