Joseph Victor PESTELL

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Service Number:	1303
Enlisted:	28 October 1914, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 8 October 1895
Home Town:	Wyrallah, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Tucki School & Boys High School, Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed In Action, Belgium, 30 August 1916, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm)
Memorials:	Coraki Honour Board, Lismore & District Memorial Honour Roll, Tuckurimba Honors Her Soldier Sons WW1

28 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1303, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1303, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney
7 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1303, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
6 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-08-30

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Joseph Victor PESTELL was born in Lismore, NSW on 8th October, 1895

His parents were Robert PESTELL & Marian Anne SHERLOCK who married in Lismore in 1894