MARFLEET, Jack
| Service Number: | 1044 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yarrawalla, Victoria, Australia, 12 February 1895 |
| Home Town: | Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Brunswick State School, Victoria, Australia and International Correspondence School |
| Occupation: | Electrician |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli (at sea - HMNZ Goalar), 26 April 1915, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1044, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1044, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1044, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Margaret Ann Marfleet of 13 Brooks Crescent, Hawthorn, Vic.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Citizen Military Forces
Worked a 2 year apprenticeship with Johns & Waygood of South Melbourne
Biography contributed by Michael Brd
Jack Alexander Marfleet was born on February 12th, 1895 at ‘The Oasis’ Yarrawalla, Pyramid Hill, Victoria. His parents were Henry John Marfleet (born 1859) and Margaret Ann (nee Kirk, born 02/04/1859). He was the youngest of six siblings Harry (1883), George (11/01/1885), Stanley (1888), Leslie (18/09/1889) and Lena (24/02/1893). The family moved to Melbourne while Jack was an infant, and he grew up there. He was educated at Balwyn and East Brunswick State Schools and served as a cadet in the citizen forces. After completing school Jacks was apprenticed as an electrician, and was working as an electrician in Horsham, Victoria when war broke out.
He joined the 6th Battalion at 19 years 7 months of age on August 28th 1914, with regimental number 1044. He embarked for Gallipoli on HMAT Hororata in Melbourne on October 19th, 1914.
He went ashore at Anzac Cove on April 25th 1915 as part of the second wave and was shot in the stomach. He was evacuated to HMNZ ‘Goslar’ but died on April 26th, 1915. He was buried at Sea from that vessel ‘near Gaba Tepe’. He is remembered at the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey.
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