Joseph Thomas YATES

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Service Number:	2714
Enlisted:	6 October 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	37th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 1878
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 13 April 1949, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Botany General Cemetery, New South Wales Roman Catholic area, Plot FM, Row 16, Grave 1395. Interred on 14 April 1949
Memorials:

6 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2714, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
9 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2714, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2714, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
27 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2714, 37th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wounds to both legs. Invalided to England on 6 September 1917 aboard HS Carisbrook Castle. Left leg later amputated
7 May 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2714, 37th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to amputation

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Address at the time of enlistment his address was C/- People's Place, Sydney, NSW

Next of kin given as a friend Simon Middleton of Renwick Street, Redfern, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 28 August 1919 aboard HT Kanowna disembarking on the 26 October 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal