AGNEW, Joseph
| Service Numbers: | 2652, 1622 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 March 1916, Millicent, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Millicent, Wattle Range - South Australia, Australia, 17 August 1878 |
| Home Town: | Millicent, Wattle Range, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Tuberculosis contracted in France, Millicent, Wattle Range - South Australia, Australia, 28 June 1926, aged 47 years |
| Cemetery: |
Millicent Cemetery, S.A. |
| Memorials: | Glencoe Soldiers Memorial, South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 2652, 4th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
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World War 1 Service
| 9 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1622, 50th Infantry Battalion, Millicent, SA | |
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| 11 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1622, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1622, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
OBITUARY.
MR. JOSEPH AGNEW.
Milllcent, July 2.
The death occurred on Monday of Mr. Joseph Agnew, aged 48 years, the fourth son of the late Mr. and Mrs Robert Agnew, of Millicent. He was one of the most widely known and popular residents of the district, and the funeral on Wednesday was one of the largest seen at Millicent. Twenty returned soldiers in civilian attire marched at the head of the long cortege and four of them acted as pall-bearers--Messrs. F. M. White, J. R. McLaughlin, Jas. Corcoran, and P. N. Sinclair, and Mr. Vic. Willshire sounded "The Last Post" at the graveside.
Mr. Agnew had two years service with the A.I.F., and his death was due to a tubercular ailment contracted whilst in France. He was also a South African war veteran. On his return from the war he married Miss Jane Wallis, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Wallis of Millicent, and had since engaged in farming operations with considerable success. His relatives in this district are the widow and Messrs. Robert and James (Glencoe), John and Hugh Agnew (Millicent), and three sisters, Mesdames E. F. R. Boneham, W. H. Walker, and H. H. Osborne.
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