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TOUZEL, John Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1680 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 8 January 1915, Kalgoorlie |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 9 August 1891 |
| Home Town: | Coolgardie, Coolgardie, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Fireman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
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World War 1 Service
| 8 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1680, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Kalgoorlie | |
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| 22 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1680, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1680, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Itonus, Fremantle | |
| 26 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1680, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 13 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 25 Dec 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 9 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Machine Gun Company | |
| 31 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4th Machine Gun Company | |
| 5 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 1680, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1680 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-04-11 |
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