SEWELL, John Thomas
| Service Number: | 1359 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 November 1914, Place of Enlistment, Townsville, Queensland. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Boume, Lincolnshire England. , December 1878 |
| Home Town: | Cairns, Cairns, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer. |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Remembered on Panel 49, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli. , Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cairns Cenotaph, Gordonvale War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1359, 15th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Townsville, Queensland. | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1359, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1359, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne |
John Thomas Sewell
John Thomas Sewell was born c1888 in Lincolnshire, England. He married Mary Evans, formerly Gladstone, who already had 4 children, on the 26 November 1904. John and Mary had one child born 1907 who did not survive.
In 1903 John was living in Mossman and by 1909 had moved to Hambledon, where he remained.
On his enlistment in Townsville, his age was 35 years 10 months, occupation a labourer and next of kin, his brother, Mr H Sewell, Bunda Street, Cairns. His height was 5 feet 5 1/2 inches, weighed 108.9 pounds with a darkish complexion, brown eyes and brown hair. He gave his religion as Church of England.
John Thomas Sewell embarked on the HMAT Berrima A35 on the 22 December 1914 and was killed in action at Dardanelles, Gallipoli Peninsula on the 27 April 1915. His resting place could not be located. He is remembered on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey. Courtesy of The Cairns District Family History Society
Submitted 9 April 2021 by Lynette Turner
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