WILLETT, John William
| Service Number: | 61710 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 May 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Warragul, Victoria, Australia, 25 September 1897 |
| Home Town: | Morwell, Latrobe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | St. Joseph’s Sacred Heart School, Morwell, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Postal employee |
| Died: | Mumps & Scarlet Fever, Southern Western Hospital, London Rd, Stockwell, England , United Kingdom, 27 December 1918, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Plot IV, Row N, Grave 6 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1, Postmaster General's Department Victoria 2, Stratford War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 2 May 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 61710, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements | |
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| 31 Aug 1918: | Involvement Private, 61710, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Aug 1918: | Embarked Private, 61710, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne | |
| 27 Dec 1918: | Involvement Private, 61710, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 61710 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-12-27 |
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The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Of course Ireland is a separate nation to England but was an ally.
Died on this date – 27th December..... Private John William Willett was born at Warragul, Victoria in 1897. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 24th May, 1918 as a 20 year old Postal employee from Morwell, Victoria.
Private John William Willett embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Barambah (A37) on 31st August, 1918 with the 12th Victorian Reinforcements & disembarked at London, England on 14th November, 1918. He was marched in to No. 2 Details Camp from Australia on 14th November, 1918 & allotted to Reinforcements of 58th Battalion on 14th November, 1918.
Private Willett was sent sick to No. 1 Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield from Parkhouse, Wiltshire, England on 8th December, 1918. He was posted to 14th Training Battalion, Hurdcott, Wiltshire on 14th December, 1918.
Private Willett was admitted to Southern Western Hospital, Metropolitan Asylums Board, London, England seriously ill with mumps on 10th December, 1918.
Private John William Willett died on 27th December, 1918 at Southern Western Hospital, London Rd, Stockwell, England from Mumps & Scarlet Fever. He was buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, England where around 360 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/tu---z.html
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