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John CAMERON

Regimental number57
Place of birthBeaufort, Victoria
SchoolSatate School, Beaufort, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Address46 Hocking Street, Footscray, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinSister, Miss May Cameron, Vale Street, East Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date28 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Trench Mortar Battery
FateDied of wounds 1 June 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialPont D'Achelles Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 6), Nieppe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
19
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Mary CAMERON
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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