MABLY, John
| Service Number: | 3020 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 June 1915, Keswick, South Australia, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St. Minver, Cornwall, United Kingdom, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Port Lincoln, Port Lincoln, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Model School, Port Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 7 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Bancourt British Cemetery Bancourt British Cemetery (Plot I, Row H, Grave No. 3), France Personal Inscription HE FREELY OFFERED LIFE AND ALL , Bancourt British Cemetery, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rosewater War Memorial, Rosewater Womens Memorial Roll of Honour WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia, Australia | |
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| 14 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3020, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3020, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Sep 1896 [probably] Mably John Bodmin 5c 77.
St Minver (Cornish: Sen Menvra) is the name of an ecclesiastical parish, a civil parish and a village in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
The civil parish of St Minver is in Bodmin Registration District and is nominally divided into St Minver Highlands (to the north and east) and St Minver Lowlands (to the west).
The combined parish is bounded on the south and west by the estuary of the River Camel, on the north by the Atlantic coast, and on the east by the parishes of St Endellion and St Kew
Son of John and Annie Mably, of Camden Park, South Australia.
Enlistment date June 1915 12th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
Biography
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Daily Herald (Adelaide, SA: 1910 - 1924) Thursday 31 May 1917
LATE LANCE-CORPORAL J. MABLY.
News has been received by Mrs. W. J. Sowden, of Hampden, that her eldest son (Lance-Corporal Jack Mably) had died on April 7 of wounds received in France. He was 20 years of age. Prior to enlisting with the 12th Battalion two years ago, deceased was employed by Messrs. Bowshall Brothers, bakers, of Rosewater. He was well liked by all who knew him. He received his promotion to the rank of lance- corporal while fighting in France.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105408989
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