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PETRIE, John Melbourne
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 89 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 11 Infantry Battalion AMF/AIF |
| Born: | Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 2 February 1893 |
| Home Town: | Bayswater, Bayswater, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Bayswater School, Western Australia, |
| Occupation: | WAGR Railway Engineer |
| Died: | Hollywood Repatriation Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, 16 June 1965, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Cremated and remains interred Rose Bed 9a |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 89 | |
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| 2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Private, 89, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Private, 89, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 89, 11 Infantry Battalion AMF/AIF, 1915-04-25 wounded at the Dardenelles. Gunshot wound, broken arm, schrapnel. 1915-04-30 admitted to Heliopolis Hospital. 1915-06-07 transferred to Helouan Hospital to convalesce. 1915-07-05 declared medically unfit and return to Australia aboard the HMT Ballarat, | |
| 8 Aug 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 89 |
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