John Finn GLEESON

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Service Number:	4808
Enlisted:	7 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Purnim, Victoria, Australia, 6 June 1890
Home Town:	Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 28 August 1916, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor, Terang 100th Centenary of Armistice Remembering Our Fallen, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Warrnambool Soldiers' Memorial

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4808, 14th Infantry Battalion
14 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4808, 14th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
14 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4808, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne

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