John Frederick YATES MM

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YATES, John Frederick

Service Number:	21492
Enlisted:	20 December 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	8th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Rosewood, Queensland, Australia, 17 July 1892
Home Town:	Rosewood, Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 31 July 1950, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Gatton Cemetery
Memorials:	Harrisville Memorial Gates, Peak Crossing & District Roll of Honour, Peak Crossing & District WW1 Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

20 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 21492, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
11 May 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 21492, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
11 May 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 21492, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
25 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , In England
6 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , From 9th Field Artillery Brigade
24 Jan 1919:	Honoured Military Medal, Citation reads: On the 8 August 1918 at Cerisy, the battery came under heavy hostile fire and the whole of the detachment, including the No. 1, being killed or wounded. This N.C.O. took charge and kept his gun in action all through the operation showing great courage, initiative and devotion to duty. London Gazette on 24 January 1919, page 1254, position 55 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 May 1919, page 897, position 37
2 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 21492, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 1st Military District

World War 2 Service

20 Mar 1941:	Enlisted

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Samuel Yates and Wilhemina Lena Yates nee Juillerat of Peak Crossing, QLD

Commenced return to Australia 21 June 1919 aboard HT Konigin Luise disembarking on the 18 August 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 21 January 1920 John married Daisy Drayton Perrett in QLD. Father of Dorothy Yates, Marjorie Perrett Yates, Jessie Ellen Yates, William John Yates, Samuel Wesley Yates and Graham Campbell Yates

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