RILEY, John
| Service Number: | 3106 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915, 2 years 16th Infantry |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carrington, New South Wales, Australia, 27 August 1895 |
| Home Town: | Carrington, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horse driver and wheeler |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 8 January 1950, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-182. 61. |
| Memorials: | Carrington Connolly Park War Memorial Gates, Carrington Football Club HR |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3106, 4th Infantry Battalion, 2 years 16th Infantry | |
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| 8 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3106, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3106, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
| 18 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3106, 56th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
74 years ago today, on the Monday afternoon of the 9th January 1950, Lance Corporal John Riley, referred to as Jack, 56th Battalion (Reg No-3106), horse driver and wheeler from Little Gipps Street, Carrington, New South Wales and 8 Parnell Place, Newcastle, N.S.W., father of eight (Dorothy, Betty, Jack, Lillian, Bill, Oliver, Ruth & Leigha), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 54. ANGLICAN 3-182. 61.
Born at Carrington, New South Wales on the 27th August 1895 to Thomas, died 3.4.1911, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 51, from Little Bourke Street, Carrington, New South Wales, buried at CATHOLIC 1-M Com. 81, and Bridget Riley nee Hayes, died 19.8.1902, Newcastle, N.S.W., age?, from Little Bourke Street, Carrington, New South Wales, sleeping at CATHOLIC 1-M Com. 81; husband of Violet Rose Emily Riley nee Gottery (married 1920, Wickham, N.S.W., died 2.5.1971, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 71, sleeping here), Jack enlisted on the 12th July 1915 with the 4th Battalion at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on the 8th October 1915.
Admitted to hospital 3.2.1916 (not stated), 22.2.1916 (not stated), 28.7.1918 (not stated).
Wounded in action - 26.9.1917 (GSW right arm).
Commenced return to Australia 8.5.1919.
Jack arrived home on the 26th June 1919, being discharged on the 18th August 1919.
Mr. Riley’s name has been inscribed on the Carrington Citizens' Memorial Gates, Carrington Municipal District Roll of Honor and the Carrington Football Club Roll of Honor.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at Jack’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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