John Lamb MEHAFFEY

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Service Number:	3418
Enlisted:	4 August 1915
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Naracoorte, Naracoorte and Lucindale - South Australia, Australia, 25 February 1892
Home Town:	Naracoorte, Naracoorte and Lucindale, South Australia
Schooling:	Narracoorte Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Noreuil, Picardie, France, 2 April 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Naracoorte War Memorial, Naracoorte and District Town Hall Honour Board WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

4 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3418, 10th Infantry Battalion
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3418, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
26 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion
20 Mar 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3418, 50th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages
2 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3418, 50th Infantry Battalion, Noreuil, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3418 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-04-02

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