John Reuben ALBERT

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Service Number:	3227
Enlisted:	28 July 1940, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wallup, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Jung, Horsham, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness - Tuberculosis, Austin Hospital, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 August 1919, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Jung Cemetery, Victoria Presbyterian Section, Grave 2, Jung Cemetery, Jung, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Murtoa Memorial Gates

11 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3227, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
11 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3227, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
28 Jul 1940:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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6 Battalion

Rank - Private

22 June 1916 - Taken on strength at Serapeum

11 Occtober 1916 - Admitted to hopital with trench feet

10 November 1916 - Admitted to Boscombe Hospital, UK with trench feet

11 February 1917 - AWOL, fined 2 days pay

23 March 1917 - Transferred from 65 Btn to 6 Btn

20 April 1917 - AWOL. held in custody for 2 days awaiting trial. Fned 5 days pay

10 August 1918 - Wounded in action

25 August 1918 - Invalided to UK

26 August 1918 - Admitted to hospital, gunshot wounds to right arm

21 March 1919 - Returned to Australia

Son of Mrs. Neil L Albert, Jung Jung, Victoria