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John William SWINDALL

Regimental number984
Place of birthIsis Scrub, Queensland
SchoolSouth Isis State School, Queensland
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, Thomas Swindall, Box 47, Childers, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date23 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name41st Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll41st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXIII, Row G, Grave No. 19), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
134
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Sarah Grace SWINDALL, South Isis, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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