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BODILLY, John Stephen
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2079 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 September 1914, Enlisted at Hamilton, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Willaura, Ararat, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wheat Buyer & Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 26, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Ararat Shire of Ararat WWI Roll of Honor, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kyneton Honour Roll, Kyneton War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Malmsbury School No 1408 Honor Roll, Malmsbury School No. 148 Roll of Honor Book, Willaura Avenue of Honour Memorial, Willaura War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2079, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Hamilton, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 2079, 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, 2079, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2079, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Stephen Bodilly and Ruth Bodilly nee Doherty of Willarua and Mildura, Victoria. Brother of Ruth May Bodilly and William Lancelot Bodilly
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served Bendigo Cadets between 1900-1904 reaching the rank of Sergeant