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MONTGOMERY, John Francis
Personal Details
Service Number: | 5 |
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Enlisted: | 24 September 1914, Brisbane |
Last Rank: | Company Sergeant Major |
Last Unit: | 4th Divisional Train |
Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 17 December 1879 |
Home Town: | Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Railway Employee |
Died: | Died of Illness, At Sea , 2 November 1918, aged 38 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ipswich Men and Women of Ipswich WW1 Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
24 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5, 1st Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' | |
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24 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5, 1st Light Horse Brigade Train, Brisbane | |
13 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major | |
2 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 5, 4th Divisional Train, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5 awm_unit: 26th Australian Army Service Corps Company awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1918-11-02 |
Personal Stories
Logan Village Museum
John was born on the 10th November 1892 in Queensland. He died 2nd November 1918 at Sea near France. He is buried in the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
His parents were John and Frances Ann nee Long
He married Ellen Amelia nee Hinds.
He is listed on the Museum Honour Roll as Ellen was from the Pioneer family "Hinds"
Submitted 3 May 2018 by Coralyn Cowin