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METCALF, John Atkinson
Personal Details
Service Number: | 899 |
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Enlisted: | 26 August 1914, Enlisted at Ripponlea, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Windsor, Victoria, Australia, 2 March 1895 |
Home Town: | Ripponlea, Port Phillip, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 24, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Malvern Presbyterian Church Honour Roll (Marble) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
26 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 899, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ripponlea, Victoria | |
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21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 899, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 899, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of George and Lilian Maud Amy Metcalf of 'Indi', Horace Street, Malvern, Victoria
Next of kin was mistakenly given as his brother George Rupert Atkinson Metcalf
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal