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John William Murray HARTLEY

Regimental number2384
Date of birth2 December 1891
Place of birthRockhampton, Queensland
SchoolRockhampton Boys' Grammar School, Queensland
ReligionMethodist
OccupationClerk
AddressHall Estate, Rockhampton, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Sarah Ann Hartley, Hall Estate, Rockhampton, Queensland
Enlistment date24 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 5 October 1915
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularJoined the Bank of New South Wales, Rockhampton branch, 9 February 1908. Transferred to Oakey branch, March 1912; to Ipswich branch, September 1914; to Inspector's Office, Brisbane, March 1915.
FateDied of wounds 9 August 1916
Place of death or woundingGuedecourt, France
Date of death9 January 1917
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot VI, Row A, Grave No. 8), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
178
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Stewart and Sarah HARTLEY, Rundle Street, Rockhampton, Queensland
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Sources'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p. 176.

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