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John Thompson MILNES

Regimental number1123
Place of birthDaylesford Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationGrazier
AddressMilndale, Glen Forbes, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinJohn T Milnes, Milndale via Glen Forbes, Victoria
Enlistment date26 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of wounds 5 August 1916
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialCourcelette British Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 13), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
178
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Thompson and Emily MILNES, Milndale, Glen Forbes, Victoria

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