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PILSTER, John Patrick Francis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3888 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Aubigny, Queensland, Australia, 28 February 1898 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Harness maker |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 5 September 1916, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grandchester Roll of Honour, Rosewood Shire Council Roll of Honor, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), jondaryan Woodview State School |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3888, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3888, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3888, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John and Monica Pilster, of Neil St., Toowoomba, Queensland