INGRAM, John
| Service Number: | 1336A |
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| Enlisted: | 15 December 1914, Cairns, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Croydon, Queensland, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Widgee, Gympie Regional Council, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Cairns St Andrews Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1336A, Cairns, Queensland | |
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| 13 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1336A, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane | |
| 13 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1336A, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 7 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1336A, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 4 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Imprisoned Bullecourt (First), Riencourt, France | |
| 19 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Apr 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 15th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...Second Lieutenant John (Jack) Ingram, 15th Battalion, from Gympie, Queensland... enlisted on 15 December 1914 at the age of 26 and embarked for overseas as 1336A Private John Ingram, on 13 February 1915 aboard HMAT Seang Bee. He was wounded while fighting at Gallipoli, recovered to go on to be promoted to 2/Lt and was wounded again in fighting on the Western Front in October 1916. He was captured at Riencourt, France, on 11 April 1917 and held as a POW in Karlsruhe for six months and at a camp in Freiburg in Baden, Germany, for 14 months. In September 1917, he sent this postcard from the POW camp at Karlsruhe, and on the back wrote: "Dear Miss Chomley, Thanks very much for your letter of 30 August 17. Our parcels for this month have be[en] slow coming to hand but they are now starting to arrive with the exception of Capt Dunworths. The Australian officers in Camp are Capt Dunworth, Capt Cull, Capt Hoad, Lt MacQuiggan, 2/Lt Stones, 2/Lt Ferguson, 2/Lt Ingram. Our invalids have not started for England yet but they expect to get away shortly. Please will you send me out an English Grammar and dictionary. Everyone sends you their best respects and sincere thanks Believe me. Yours sincerely Jack Ingram." 2/Lt Ingram was repatriated to England on 6 December 1918 and arrived back in Australia on 30 April 1919 as a Captain..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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