John Simister DEAM

DEAM, John Simister

Service Number: 4167
Enlisted: 10 July 1915, Melbourne
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 6th Infantry Battalion
Born: Bairnsdale, Victoria, 1892
Home Town: Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling: Bairnsdale State School
Occupation: Accountant
Died: Died of Wounds, France, 15 August 1916
Cemetery: Puchevillers British Cemetery, France
II E 39, Puchevillers British Cemetery, Puchevillers, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

10 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4167, 6th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne
29 Dec 1915: Involvement Private, 4167, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1915: Embarked Private, 4167, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Son of John Simister DEAM & Sarah Jane KERTON

Pte J. S. Deam, eldest son of Mr and Mrs J. S. Deam, Francis street, Bairnsdale, died on the 15th August from wounds received in France a week before. He enlisted in July, 1915, and was promoted to the rank of corporal after being in camp for a time. He arrived in France in April last, where he was in hospital for a short period suffering from a poisoned foot. After he recovered, in order to be transferred with some comrades in the firing line he relinquished his position as corporal and he was not long in action before receiving a wound which proved fatal. He was a native of Bairnsdale and almost 24 years of age. He was a clerk, and for the past few years was an active member of the Bairnsdale Rowing Club. A younger brother, Pte. W. Deam, is in camp in training, preparatory to going to the front.

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