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PALMER, John Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2447 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Booval War Memorial, Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2447, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
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| 8 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2447, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane |
Personal Stories
Amiens Railway Gun
He was involved in the capture of a large German Railway Gun near Villers-Bretonneux on 8th August 1918. The gun was brought to Australia as a war trophy and put on display at Sydney's Central Station.
See article "The Amiens Gun Part 1", by Geoff Lillico and Bill Phippen OAM, in Australian Railway History April 2023. Australian Railway History is published by the Australian Railway Historical Society.
Submitted 15 April 2023 by John Oakes
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