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VIRGO, John Harrington
| Service Number: | 2387 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 January 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Goodwood, South Australia, 18 December 1889 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Daw Park, South Australia, 22 April 1963, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia RSL Walls, Wall 120, Niche F008. Ashes interred on 14 January 1965 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2387, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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| 26 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 2387, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Botanist embarkation_ship_number: A59 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 2387, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Botanist, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Trooper, 2387, 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
| 28 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2387, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 4th Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Vincent Virgo and Mary Virgo nee Harrington of Goodwood, SA.
Brother of Roland Arthur Virgo who returned to Australia on 10 August 1919 having served with the 9th Light Horse Regiment and William Vincent Virgo who returned to Australia on 16 September 1916 having served with the 1st Australian Remount Unit
Husband of Florence Isabell Virgo nee Pardey of Gilles Street, Adelaide, SA. John and Florence married on 30 March 1914 in Chalmers Church, Adelaide, SA
Commenced return to Australia on 4 March 1919 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on 16 April 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Residential address at thet time of death was Glenunga, SA