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John JEPPESEN

Regimental number98
Place of birthGympie, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStockman
AddressDeep Creek, Gympie, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Jeppesen, Deep Creek, Gympie, Queensland
Enlistment date5 April 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll5 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 24 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 31 July 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Name recorded on Embarkation Roll as John JEPPESON
Discharge date21 November 1918 - Brisbane, Queensland
Family/military connectionsBrother: 599 Sergeant Christian JEPSON, 2nd Light Horse, killed in action, Romani, Egypt, 4 August 1916.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Served three years 131 days abroad

Discharged medically unfit - shell wound to left knee
Date of death30 December 1949
Place of burialMt Thompson Crematorium, Brisbane, Queensland

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