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HAIGH, John Elijah
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2826 |
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| 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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2826, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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