John Andrew MOLYNEAUX

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Service Number:	27265
Enlisted:	12 May 1916, Enlisted at Marrickville, NSW
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	11th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tailor's Cutter
Died:	Killed in Action, Ypres, Belgium, 18 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 7 No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

12 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 27265, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Marrickville, NSW
30 Sep 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 27265, 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 27265, 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
18 Oct 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 27265, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 27265 awm_unit: 11th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-10-18

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Son of Michale and Ellen Amelia Molyneaux of Cove Street, Watsons Bay

John's residential address at the time of enlistment was The Barracks, South Head, NSW

11 November 1916 - at sea, disobeyed orders by smoking between decks. Fined 2 days full pay

30 December 1916 - to hospital with Pleurisy

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Prior to enlisting he had been apprenticed to David Jones Ltd, Sydney