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HAIG, John
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3634 |
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Enlisted: | 10 January 1918, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Dalkeith, Scotland, 21 January 1888 |
Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Well Borer |
Died: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 7 March 1954, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
10 Jan 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3634, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD | |
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2 Mar 1918: | Involvement Private, 3634, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Ormonde embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
2 Mar 1918: | Embarked Private, 3634, 41st Infantry Battalion, SS Ormonde, Sydney | |
29 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3634, 41st Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left groin. Invalided to England on 1 October 1918 | |
3 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3634, 41st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Haig and Margaret Biggar Haig nee Thomson of Dalkeith, Scotland
Husband of Mary Ann Haig nee McMillan of Canning Street, Rockhampton, QLD
Commenced return to Australia on 12 December 1918 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 1 February 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal