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John ION

OccupationDrill Instructor
Address82 Woolwith Street, West Leederville, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation38
Next of kinWife, Mrs Alberta Mary Ion, c/o Mrs Halse, 601 Doveton Street, Ballarat, Victoria
Enlistment date16 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentLieutenant
Unit name32nd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT Katuna on 24 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 25 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records39
Place of burialBologne Eastern Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 49), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
120
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Mary ION; husband of Alberta ION, Hammond Road, Claremont, Western Australia. Native of Liverpool, England
Family/military connectionsCousin: 5547 Corporal Thomas Elsbury ARTHUR, 28th Bn, died of illness, 2 December 1916.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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