HUMPHREY, John Edgar
| Service Number: | 565 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Cohuna, Gannawarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | National School, Steeple Bumpstead. |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 14 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Grevillers British Cemetery Plot V. Row B. Grave 5. , Grevillers British Cemetery, Grevillers, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 565, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 565, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 14 May 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 565, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 565 awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He served in the 60th Battalion, Australian Infantry AIF. Service Number 565. He was born at Haverhill, England in 1894. He enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria in 1916. He embarked from Melbourne for Plymouth per the H.M.A.T. "Runic," on the 20th of June 1916. He proceeded to Etaples in France on the 16th of September, 1916. He was appointed Lance Corporal in the field on the 18th of January 1917 then to Corporal on the 19th of February. He received gun shot wounds to the back in battle on the 12th of May 1917. He died of his wounds on the 14th of May 1917.
He is remembered on the grave of his late father, James and his mother, Alice Humphrey at Haverhill, Suffolk.
Birth registered as follows
Births Mar Quarter of 1895
Humphrey John Edgar Risbridge 4a 755
The registration district of Risbridge spans the boundaries of the counties of Essex, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He emigrated aged 18 years. He was the son of Mrs Alice Humphrey of 13 Park Terrace, Sunderland.
He is commemorated on the Steeple Bumpstead War Memorial.
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