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John Joseph Harold WORLAND

Regimental number2224
Date of birth1885
Place of birthMonaro, New South Wales
Place of birthNimmitabel, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressGayndah, Queensland
Marital statusWidower
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Matilda Worland, 107 Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date23 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/16/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 1 May 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Australian Light Railway Operating Company
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Military Medal


Recommendation date: 22 October 1917

Bar to Military Medal

FateDied of wounds 5 November 1917
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row GG, Grave No. 2A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
26
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur and Mary Matilda Worland
Medals

Military Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 95
Date: 27 June 1918

MM Bar


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 110
Date: 25 July 1918

Other details

War service: Western Front (wounded, 28 October 1917)

Medals: Military Medal and Bar, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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