John Joyce POSTLETHWAITE

POSTLETHWAITE, John Joyce

Service Number: 336
Enlisted: 26 January 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 11th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Carlisle, Cumberland, England, 1893
Home Town: Winton, Winton, Queensland
Schooling: Kings College, Taunton, Somerset, UK
Occupation: Station Hand
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 2 November 1915
Cemetery: Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula
Grave I. D. 7. INSCRIPTION - THEY SHALL COME AGAIN FROM THE LAND OF THE ENEMY JER.31.16,
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

26 Jan 1915: Enlisted
2 Jun 1915: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 336, 11th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
2 Jun 1915: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 336, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Borda, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 22. His brother fell whilst serving with British forces. He was Lieutenant Christopher Joyce Postlethwaite of the 12th Battalion, the Suffolk Regiment.

They were sons of Doctor Frank Postlethwaite MRCS of Brentor and his wife Emma Elizabeth (née Joyce).

They are remembered on the War Memorials in North Brentor.