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WILCOCK, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 855 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 30 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kinsale, Ireland , date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 23 July 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 855, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 855, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 855, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 855 awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-07-23 |
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"THE LATE SERGEANT J. WILCOCK.
Sergeant J. Wilcock, who was killed in action in France, was the third son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Willcock, of Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. Before the war broke out he was working on the wharf at Port Pirie. Sergeant Wilcock enlisted on August 29, 1914, and was in the landing at Gallipoli. After the evacuation of the Peninsula he was sent to France, where he arrived on April 1. He met his death on July 23 1916. Sergeant Wilcock was exceedingly popular among his workmates in Port Pirie." - from the Adelaide Advertiser 20 Sep 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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