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John Glendinning LINDSAY

Regimental number2189
Place of birthPort Adelaide, South Australia
SchoolMoonta & Hawker Public Schools, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCashier
Addressc/o A J Lindsay, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 7.75"
Weight148 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Beatrice Lindsay, Hawker, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date4 March 1915
Place of enlistmentKeswick, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 23 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 26 July 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 26), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
59
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred and Beatrice LINDSAY, Hawker, South Australia. Native of Port Adelaide, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: Lt William Wallace LINDSAY, 50th Bn, returned to Australia, 16 March 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, LINDSAY John Glendinning

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