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John Richard FLANAGAN

Regimental number6762
Place of birthTatura, Victoria
SchoolState School, Tatura, Victoria
Other trainingNil
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationPost and telegraph official
AddressCoolgardie PO, Coolgardie, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation41
Next of kinSister, Mary Flanagan, Tower Hotel, Russell Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date20 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 9 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of pneumonia.
FateDied of disease 19 February 1917
Age at death43
Age at death from cemetery records43
Place of burialCodford St. Mary New Churchyard (Grave No. 87), Wiltshire, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
79
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Luke and Annie FLANAGAN
Other detailsMedal: British War Medal

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