John NILAND

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Service Number:	5990
Enlisted:	3 March 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dublin, Ireland, 1879
Home Town:	Deniliquin, Deniliquin, New South Wales
Schooling:	Ireland
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Islington, New South Wales, Australia, 1954, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

3 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5990, 2nd Infantry Battalion
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 5990, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
22 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 5990, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
29 Jan 1921:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5990, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to Lumbar Fibrositis

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Enlisted under alias John Joseph Caffery

Next of kin given as wife Catherine nee Byrne of Ringsend, Dublin, Ireland

Previously served in the Royal Navy Reserves, Ireland for seven years and was discharged at his own request

Son of John Niland and Mary Ellen Niland of Dublin, Ireland

At the time of enlistinng John was living in Deniliquin, NSW

On 28 December 1918 John and Catherine were married in St. Mary's Star of the Sea Church, Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland

Commenced return to Australia on 20 May 1920 aboard HT Kigoma disembarking 18 July 1920

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal