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MELROSE, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2611 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland., 18 August 1887 |
| Home Town: | Taree, Greater Taree, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engine-fitter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31. , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Motherwell War Memorial, Taree War Memorial Clock Tower |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2611, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2611, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Age at embarkation 29
He left a widow, Mrs Annie Melrose, c/o Alex Scott, St John's Avenue, Taree, New South Wales.
Enlistment date 16 August 1916.
His unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 9 November 1916.
He is honoured on the Motherwell War Memorial-see panel 'Overseas Forces'
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