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BUBB, John Lawrence
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6028 |
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Enlisted: | 8 August 1915, Cootamundra, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Beechwood, New South Wales, 4 July 1892 |
Home Town: | Wauchope, Port Macquarie-Hastings, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Pappinbarra Public School |
Occupation: | Teacher |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Adelong Methodist Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Hereford House Reunion Club Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Parramatta NSW Public School Teachers KIA Honour Roll, Parramatta NSW Public School Teachers Who Served Abroard Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
8 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 6028, Cootamundra, New South Wales | |
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3 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 6028, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
3 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SN 6028, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
2 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 6028, 21st Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second) | |
4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, SN 6028, 21st Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...6028 Acting Sergeant John Laurence Bubb, 17th Reinforcements, 21st Battalion, of Beechwood, NSW. A/Sgt Bubb enlisted on 8 August 1915 and embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Afric on 3 November 1916. He was later killed in action at Passchendaele, Belgium on 4 October 1917, aged 25." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)