Service Number: 3962
Enlisted: 17 September 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion
Born: Biggenden, Queensland, Australia, 1897
Home Town: Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland
Schooling: Maryborough Grammar School, Queensland
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Illness (Pneumonia), Dernacourt, France, 11 December 1916
Cemetery: Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension
Plot 1V, Row E, Grave 28
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough City Hall Honour Roll, Maryborough Queen's Park War Memorial, Maryborough State High School Roll of Honour
Son of Joseph Edward and Mary Ada Vance of Cheapside Street, Maryborough, QLD
26 August 1915 - Father wrote to the Commander of the Queensland Military forces asking for John to be sent home as he was under 18 years of age and did not have his father's consent to enlist
3 June 1916 - transferred from the 2nd Battalion to the 1st Battalion
28 July 1916 - to hospital with Mumps
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Enlisted: 17 September 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion
Born: Biggenden, Queensland, Australia, 1897
Home Town: Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland
Schooling: Maryborough Grammar School, Queensland
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Illness (Pneumonia), Dernacourt, France, 11 December 1916
Cemetery: Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension
Plot 1V, Row E, Grave 28
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough City Hall Honour Roll, Maryborough Queen's Park War Memorial, Maryborough State High School Roll of Honour
Son of Joseph Edward and Mary Ada Vance of Cheapside Street, Maryborough, QLD
26 August 1915 - Father wrote to the Commander of the Queensland Military forces asking for John to be sent home as he was under 18 years of age and did not have his father's consent to enlist
3 June 1916 - transferred from the 2nd Battalion to the 1st Battalion
28 July 1916 - to hospital with Mumps
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Service Number: 3962
Enlisted: 17 September 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion
Born: Biggenden, Queensland, Australia, 1897
Home Town: Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland
Schooling: Maryborough Grammar School, Queensland
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Illness (Pneumonia), Dernacourt, France, 11 December 1916
Cemetery: Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension
Plot 1V, Row E, Grave 28
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough City Hall Honour Roll, Maryborough Queen's Park War Memorial, Maryborough State High School Roll of Honour
Son of Joseph Edward and Mary Ada Vance of Cheapside Street, Maryborough, QLD
26 August 1915 - Father wrote to the Commander of the Queensland Military forces asking for John to be sent home as he was under 18 years of age and did not have his father's consent to enlist
3 June 1916 - transferred from the 2nd Battalion to the 1st Battalion
28 July 1916 - to hospital with Mumps
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Enlisted: 17 September 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion
Born: Biggenden, Queensland, Australia, 1897
Home Town: Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland
Schooling: Maryborough Grammar School, Queensland
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Illness (Pneumonia), Dernacourt, France, 11 December 1916
Cemetery: Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension
Plot 1V, Row E, Grave 28
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough City Hall Honour Roll, Maryborough Queen's Park War Memorial, Maryborough State High School Roll of Honour
Son of Joseph Edward and Mary Ada Vance of Cheapside Street, Maryborough, QLD
26 August 1915 - Father wrote to the Commander of the Queensland Military forces asking for John to be sent home as he was under 18 years of age and did not have his father's consent to enlist
3 June 1916 - transferred from the 2nd Battalion to the 1st Battalion
28 July 1916 - to hospital with Mumps
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Gravesite Details
Private, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Age: 19.
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