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PINAL, Joseph Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 671 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 September 1915, Bendigo, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Golden Square, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Golden Square, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Specimen Hill Public School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Niueport, Belgium, 1 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium Plot III, Row D, Grave NO. 30 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll, Golden Square District, Golden Square St. Mark's Anglican Church Great War Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 671, Mining Corps, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 671, Mining Corps, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 671, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 29 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), France | |
| 1 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 671, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 671 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1917-09-01 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Sapper Joseph Pinal was operating in the Niuewpoort (now Niueport) region as part of British Operation Hush (a proposed amphibious landing on the Belgian coast later cancelled after the failure of Third Ypres) building support structures and dugouts when killed by German shell fire.
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