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Facts and Events
Birth Certificate: New South Wales Births Government Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages
| Registration Number
| Last Name
| Given Name(s)
| Father's Given Name(s)
| Mother's Given Name(s)
| District
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| 35607/1890
| DEVON
| JOHN P
| JAMES
| SARAH
| WALLSEND
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Roll of Honour - John Devon[1]
| Regimental number | 3101
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| Religion | Church of England
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| Occupation | Miner
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| Address | Collie, Cardiff, Western Australia
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| Marital status | Single
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| Age at embarkation | 25
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| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs S Devon, Collie, Cardiff, Western Australia
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| Enlistment date | 9 July 1915
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| Rank on enlistment | Private
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| Unit Name | 16th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
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| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/33/3
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| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 13 October 1915
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| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private
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| Unit from Nominal Roll | 48th Battalion
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| Fate | Killed in Action 6 August 1916
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| Place of burial | No known grave
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| Commemoration details | Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France
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Newcastle Morning Herald & Miners' Advocate, Tuesday 6 August 1918, page 4
| Roll of Honour. DEVON.- In loving memory of Jack Devon, killed in action at Pozleres, August 6, 1916; aged 25 years; Robert, brother of above, killed in action somewhere in France August 9, 1917, aged 39 years (also served in South Africa); sons of J. and S. Devon, W.A. Some day, some time, our eyes shall see The faces we love so dearly. Inserted by their ever-loving mother, brother, and sister, Jim, and Mrs. I. Annisley, Collie, W.A.
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