Joseph Frank Lay ONUS

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Service Numbers:	2370, N71255, NX54440
Enlisted:	30 March 1916, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Richmond, New South Wales. Australia, 24 October 1894
Home Town:	Inverell, Inverell, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Overseer
Died:	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 16 May 1969, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Inverell & District Memorial Olympic Pool WW1 Honour Roll

30 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2370, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
17 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2370, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney
17 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2370, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2370, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Gassed.
19 Nov 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2370, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to neurasthenia

10 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N71255
25 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX54440
28 Jun 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , NX54440, Discharged at the 2nd Military District with the rank of Corporal. Last unit was 2/2 Australian Ordnance Stores Company

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There is a descrepency in the year of his birthday. In WW1 his year of birth was 1893 but when enlisting for WW2 he gave his year of birth as 1900.

Son of Frank Lay Onus and Amelia Onus of Lawrence Street, Inverell, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 24 August 1918 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 13 October 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1937c Joseph married Nancy Alice Robinson in Manly, NSW