John Elijah HAIGH

HAIGH, John Elijah

Service Number: 2826
Enlisted: 27 July 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 40th Infantry Battalion
Born: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 4 September 1884
Home Town: Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Butcher
Died: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 19 October 1955, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania
Cremation service held on 21 October 1955
Memorials: Hobart Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

27 Jul 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2826, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
6 Dec 1916: Involvement Private, 2826, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
6 Dec 1916: Embarked Private, 2826, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
1 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2826, 40th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit due to neurastenia as a result of pneumonia

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William John Haigh and Elizabeth Ann Haigh nee Bain of Hobart, Tasmania. Brother of Jessie Elizabeth Frances Haigh, William James Haigh, George Collin Haigh, Ernest Arthur Haigh, Florence Isabel Haigh, Ethel Amy Haigh, Elsie May Haigh, Francis Robert Haigh, Alfred Leslie Haigh

Husband of Violet Beatrice Haigh nee Harris of Point George Terrace, Battery Point, Tasmania

Commenced return to Australia on 28 March 1919 aboard HT Karoa disembarking on 9 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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