John Raymond EGAN

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Service Number:	369
Enlisted:	1 April 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, 1891
Home Town:	Port Macquarie, Port Macquarie-Hastings, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Bomb Wound To The Upper Abdomen, At sea on board HS Salta, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 4 September 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 58 Buried at sea. Ship's captain, J. Thompson officiated, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Raymond Terrace War Memorial

1 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 369, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
12 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 369, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 369, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney

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Son of William Egan of Raymond Terrace, Hastings River, NSW later of Hamilton, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal