PIESSE, John Stanley
| Service Number: | 2761 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 July 1916, Claremont, Tas. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Friends' High School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 13 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 25), Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), North Hobart Friends' School Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2761, 40th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tas. | |
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| 6 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 2761, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 2761, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2761, 40th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge | |
| 13 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2761, 40th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, Killed in action |
Family
John Stanley Was Born in Hobart, Tasmania, Is Father Francis Henry Piesse born
ab 1864 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia and Mother Amelia Piesse nee Forsyth ab 1864 of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia information source Meachen Site My Heritage
Submitted 5 July 2019 by Brian Meachen
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Francis Henry PIESSE & Amelia nee FORSYTH
Of Montpelier Road, Hobart, Tas.
Official intimation has been received by Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Piesse, of Hobart, that their son, John Stanley Piesse, has been killed in action at Passchendaele, on the AVestcro front. It will be remembered thct in November last he was reported "missing since October 13," and it has now been definitely established that ho was killed in action on that date during the heavy fighting then taking place. Young Piesse, after leaving the Friends' High School, was for a short time in tho Hobart office of an insurance company, and left there in order to take up a position in the City Engineer's office.
At the time of his enlistment he was a lieutenant in the local military forces, and, though too young to obtain a commission in tho A I F , he soon rose to tho rank of company sergeant-major, and left for the front with reinforcements for an infantry battalion. He was very popular, and had many friends, who will deeply regret to hear that he has made the supreme sacrifice.
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