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WALL, John James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2920 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 July 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Aberdeen, New South Wales, August 1895 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Tamworth Public School |
| Occupation: | Sawyer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 7 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2920, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 1 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2920, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2920, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney | |
| 7 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2920, 9th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second) |
Personal Stories
John's Life and death
When John James Wall was born in 1896, his father, James, was 37 and his mother, Catherine, was 18. He had six brothers and six sisters.
John, a sawyer by trade, was only 19 when he joined up for service in WWI in 1915. His war documents describe him as being fair haired with grey eyes 5'9" tall with a round scar over his right eye. His mates called him "Wallie". He was sick a few times and hospitalised in the first year; his last illness was diagnosed as the mumps and he spent time in a hospital in Rouen, France.
He was killed instantly by mortar fire a couple of months later. He died on 7 May 1917 fighting in the Second Battle of Bullecourt, France, at the age of 21, and was buried there.
Submitted 28 August 2017 by Kim Denyse
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