LEMON, Joseph Royal Surrige
| Service Number: | 546 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, Enlisted at Footscray, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wedderburn, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Yarraville, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness - Typhoid, 2nd Statioary Hospital, Mudros, Greece, 2 November 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Portianos Military Cemetery Plot 243 1V, Row C, Grave Chaplain G.A. Kuhrung officiated Headstone inscription reads: Remembrance, Portianos Military Cemetery, Lemnos, Aegean Islands, Greece |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bears Lagoon School Roll of Honor, Wedderburn War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 546, Enlisted at Footscray, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 546, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 546, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 12 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 546, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bullet wounds to the right shoulder and back |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Philip Taylor
Joseph was also known by the name of Roy. His mothers maiden name was Slocombe. Roy was the first man from Wedderburn to fall in the War and was recognised extensively at the time of his death. His loss was deeply felt by his sisters and brothers. He had numerous, including my Great Grandmother Edith Barclaynee Lemon. Others siblings were well known in Wedderburn
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Charles Surrige Lemon (known as Charles) and Elizabeth Jane Lemon nee Sloecombe of 4 Birmingham Street, Yarraville, Victoria. Brother of Vera Ernestine Whitbread nee Lemon
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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