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John Rowland TILLETT

Place of birthMcmahons Point New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMedical practitioner
AddressFairfield, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, J V Tillett, 'Lansdowne', Fairfield, New South Wales
Enlistment date17 November 1916
Rank on enlistmentCaptain
Unit nameMedical Officers
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A26 Armadale on 3 March 1917
Rank from Nominal RollCaptain
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Army Medical Corps
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and gazetted, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30448 (28 December 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 57 (18 April 1918).

FateDied of wounds 2 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXV, Row G, Grave No. 8), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
184
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Varnell and Mary Josephine TILLETT, "Landsdown", Fairfield, New South Wales

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