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JAHN, Conrad Albert Alford

Service Number:	3928
Enlisted:	24 August 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Hemington, South Australia, 29 June 1895
Home Town:	Northam, Northam, Western Australia
Schooling:	Northam State School
Occupation:	Plumber
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 5 August 1916, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Northam Fallen, Northam Memorial Hospital, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

Biography

Brother of 5734 Pte. Rudolph Victor Jahn (/explore/people/112904)

"...3928 Private Conrad Albert Alford Jahn, 16th Battalion, of Northam, WA... Formerly a plumber, Pte Jahn enlisted on 24 August 1915, and as a member of the 12th Reinforcements, he embarked from Fremantle aboard HMAT Ajana (A31) on 22 December 1915. He served on the Western Front later with the 4th Pioneer Battalion and was killed in action at Pozieres, France, on 5 August 1916, aged 21." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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