LYNCH, John Hilary
| Service Number: | 6957 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 June 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Nyngan, New South Wales, Australia, 1874 |
| Home Town: | Nyngan, Bogan, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Nyngan Convent School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 13 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 5. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jun 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6957, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Jul 1917: | Involvement Private, 6957, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jul 1917: | Embarked Private, 6957, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
John Hilary Lynch, worked as a butcher for Walter Finn’s butchers, at Nyngan, and John enlisted the day after his son was killed in action, though he could not have known it at the time.
His boy was 1943A Pte. Pte. Walter Hilary Lynch 34th Battalion AIF who was died on the first day of the Battle of Messines 7 June 1917, aged 19.
John gave his age as 43 years and 8 months, and left Australia with part of the 20th battalion in July 1917. He served in France for most of 1918, and was severely wounded on the 11 August, 1918 with various multiple shrapnel wounds, the worst one penetrating his abdomen, and he died as a result over a month later, 13 September 1918. He was the father of 10 children, the last of whom was born the same year he died.
His widow and mother of his children, Jane Lynch wrote to the AIF in May 1922, requesting the blue enamel and silver Mothers and Widows, that she had seen other mothers wearing, unfortunately the AIF informed her that the issue of the badges ceased in March 1922, and no stock was available, “at this late juncture”, for issue.