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John James MEDLEY

Regimental number986
Date of birth28 June 1871
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
SchoolFlinders Street Public School, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationProvost Staff
Address20 Aberdeen Street, Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation43
Next of kinMrs Medley, Elizabeth Street, Eastwood, South Australia
Enlistment date18 September 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll11 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentColour SGT
Unit name11th Battalion, E Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 2 November 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCompany Quartermaster Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 14 May 1915
Age at death from cemetery records44
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 3), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
63
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Mary MEDLEY; husband of Mrs A.S. MEDLEY, 1 Elizabeth Street, Goodwood Park, South Australia. native of Adelaide
Family/military connectionsSon: 2662 Sergeant John James MEDLEY, 11th Company, Army Service Corps, returned to Australia, 3 December 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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