John James UNSWORTH

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Service Number:	2700
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Mascot, Botany Bay, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Footscray, Victoria, Australia, November 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Footscray Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:

9 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2700, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2700, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney

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Son of John J. Unsworth and Fanny Elizabeth Unsworth nee Sayers of Botany Road, Mascot, NSW

3 October 1916 - enlisted at Casula, NSW with the 38th Battalion and with the rank of Private.

29 September 1918 - wounded. Wounds to the face, thigh and left arm. Invalided to England on 9 October 1918

Commenced return to Australia on 18 Janaury 1919 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking on 4 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

23 June 1919 - discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit