MAHER  J.

Given Names:  John Michael

               

Service Number:  3144

Unit:  5th Battalion, 10th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

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Age:  25 Yrs  2 Mths

Occupation:  Labourer                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Roman Catholic

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  5½ In                  

Weight:  148 Lbs

Chest:  33-35 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Pale

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  23/9/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Patrick Joseph Maher

63 Brougham Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                   

Embarkation Date:  29/9/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  RMS Osterley

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Died of wounds

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Unit:  5th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Awarded

British War Medal:  Awarded

Victory Medal:  Awarded

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1890

Place:  Coburg, Victoria                           

Father:  Patrick Joseph MAHER               

Mother:  Mary CASEY

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 17/8/1916                          

Place: 1st Australian Field Ambulance, Pozieres, France                                           

Burial:  Becourt Military Cemetery, France

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Admitted to the Field Ambulance in an unconscious condition with severe head wound caused by a high explosive shell

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 303407

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary