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PRESHO, Joseph Lawson
Personal Details
Service Number: | 7616 |
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Enlisted: | 11 April 1917, Brisbane, Qld. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Reedy Creek Station, Taroom, Queensland, Australia, 19 March 1879 |
Home Town: | Taroom, Banana, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Grazier |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 18 August 1918, aged 39 years |
Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie IV J 8, Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Taroom District War Memorial, Taroom Shire Council Roll of Honour, Taroom War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
11 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7616, 9th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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14 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 7616, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
14 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 7616, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
18 Aug 1918: | Involvement Private, 7616, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7616 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-18 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John James and Eliza PRESHO of Reedy Creek Station, Taroom, Qld.