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John Joseph BUCKLEY

Regimental number6673
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
SchoolConvent of Mercy (Catholic) School, Cobar (?), New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationGrocer
AddressQueanbeyan, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, L Buckley, 35 School Town, Cobar, New South Wales
Enlistment date27 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 7 February 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll36th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 19 November 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death27
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot VI, Row H, Grave No. 9A), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
126
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Laurence and Norah BUCKLEY, 35 School Town, Cobar, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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