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John Vincent CREEDON

Regimental number3072
Place of birthBroken Hill, New South Wales
SchoolRoman Catholic School, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationBricklayer
AddressCobalt Street, Mount Zynon, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 7.5"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Creedon, Cobalt Street, Mount Zynon, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date19 July 1915
Place of enlistmentKeswick, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 12 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularNot officially notified of place of death.
FateKilled in Action 20 July 1916
Place of death or woundingBelieved to be Fleurbaix, France
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 5), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
120
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Denis and Margaret CREEDON, Cobalt Street, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength of 32nd Bn as a supernumerary, Duntroon Plateau, 6 April 1916.

Found guilty, 5 May 1916, of being absent from 0630 hours parade: awarded 2 days' confined to camp.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Posted missing, 20 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 12 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 20 July 1916'.

Note on Red Cross File No 830705: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills, 10.10.19.'

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, CREEDON John Vincent
Red Cross file 830705

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