John (Jack) HOUSE

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Service Number:	2671
Enlisted:	14 September 1916, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	42nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 7 September 1888
Home Town:	Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 5 October 1966, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland Block D16B, Grave 4536
Memorials:

14 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2671, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
17 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2671, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
17 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2671, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
16 May 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2671, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit

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Enlisted and served as Jack House.

Son of George House and Mary House nee Hounsell of Bundaberg, QLD.

Next of kin given as his sister Lilly Eve House of Barolin Street, Bundaberg, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 15 April 1918 aboard HT Osterley dissembarking at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane aboard Valgus

Medal: British Medal

On 9 June 1934 John married Rosie Frances Fagg in QLD