BAYER, John Hutchinson
| Service Number: | 1336 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, St Kilda, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Warrnambool College, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Motor Driver |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 9 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 35, Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, St Kilda, Victoria | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 1336, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 1336, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 26 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 1336, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 9 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 1336, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Gunner 1336 John Hutchinson Bayer died of wounds received (SW to head - date unknown) on 9 May 1915.
His brother Lt Henry Louis Bayer (1st Machine Gun Company) helped bury him, marking the grave with a rudimentary wooden cross and stones.
On Warrnambool RSL Roll of Honor.
Biography
Son of Ludwig Eberhardt and Elanor Bayer, 28 Westbury Street, St. Kilda East, Victoria, Australia.
Brother of Lt. Henry Louis Bayer, 1st Machine Gun Company; Later 4th Squadron, Australian Flying Corps; left Australia with the first contingent in 1914; returned and was discharged, 1919.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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