SEXTON, John Vincent
| Service Number: | 6819 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 July 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 10 May 1888 |
| Home Town: | Branxton, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor driver |
| Died: | Mayfield, New South Wales, Australia, 8 May 1949, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-34. 7. |
| Memorials: | Branxton Memorial Rotunda |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6819, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6819, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 8 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6819, 3rd Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney | |
| 23 May 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit - Wounding at Passchendaele |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
75 years ago today, on the Monday morning of the 9th May 1949, Private John Vincent Sexton, 3rd Battalion (Reg No-6819), motor driver from Branxton, New South Wales and 29 Valencia Street, Mayfield, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 60. CATHOLIC 2-34. 7.
Born at West Maitland, New South Wales on the 10th May 1888 to John and Margaret Sexton; husband of Beatrice Mary Sexton nee Kerr (married 1921, Singleton, N.S.W., died 27.9.1947, Mayfield, N.S.W., age 55, sleeping here), John enlisted on the 22nd July 1916 at Sydney, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT SS Port Nicholson on the 8th November 1916.
Wounded in action - 2.10.1917 (GSW back & right thigh, severe).
Admitted to hospital 13.10.1917.
Commenced return to Australia 31.1.1918.
John arrived home on the 15th April 1918, being discharged medically unfit on the 23rd May 1918.
Mr. Sexton’s name has been inscribed on the Greta & Branxton Municipal Roll of Honor and the Branxton Memorial Rotunda.
I have placed poppies at John’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record states Died 8/5/1949.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Officially commemorated 19.8.1949 – https://connect.dva.gov.au/commemsoawg/commemoration/viewCommemoration.html?commemorationId=NjY3NjY5.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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