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John Joseph Collins PERRING

Regimental number2421
ReligionMethodist
OccupationVentriloquist
AddressNorth Fitzroy, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinFather, James Robert Rock Perring, Durban Street, Uitenhage, Cape Colony, South Africa
Enlistment date3 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/14/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Pioneer Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 30 January 1918
Date of death3 May 1920
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis (Portion Church of England, Section 11, Grave No. 4127), New South Wales
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
172
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Jas. Rot. PERRING. Native of Uitenhage, Cape Colony, South Africa. Plaque in Garden of Remembrance, NSW.

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