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John William HADDOCK

Regimental number3361
Place of birthAlbion, Brisbane, Queensland
SchoolBowen Bridge (now Windsor) and Brisbane Central, Queensland
Other trainingOptician
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationOptician
AddressWhite Horse Hotel, Toowoomba, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinMrs E Haddock, Bridge Street, Albion, Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date24 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 21 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Machine Gun Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe received congratulatory card on 23rd August, 1916 from Maj Gen Sir H.V. . Commander of 4th Div, for carrying wounded to dressing station under heavy shell fire on August 15th, 1916 near Pozieres, Somme, France. He was wounded in March, 1917 and admitted to Spalding Hall Hospital. Buried Cemetery, Corbie, Hendon, London, England
FateDied of wounds 9 August 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Williams spelt William
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, 1918, France
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialFouilloy Communal Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 5), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
176
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Emma HADDOCK, Bridge Street, Albion, Brisbane

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