ANGWIN, John Henry
| Service Number: | 2554 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Carlton, Victoria, Australia, January 1881 |
| Home Town: | Northcote, Darebin, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Groom |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 15 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2554, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 15 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2554, 8th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Melbourne | |
| 15 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 2554, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2554 awm_unit: 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-15 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
2554 Private John Henry Angwin 1st Australian Pioneers AIF, killed in action 15th October 1917.
John Angwin worked at Barooga Station for several years. He enlisted in Melbourne during June 1915, a well built man standing over 180 cm tall and weighing about 80 kilograms. He served with the 8th Battalion on Gallipoli during December 1915 then transferred to the Pioneers in Egypt. The Pioneers were a battalion attached to a division, where the men were trained to carry out light engineering and infantry duties. Angwin arrived in France in early 1916, and was killed in action in Belgium 15th October 1917, at the age of 36, and he left his medals to his infant son William Henry Angwin. His grave is located at Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium.
The following notice appeared in the Cobram Courier in November 1917,
“A soft speaking, nice mannered and splendidly-physiqued Australian in J. H. Angwin of Barooga Station was killed in action on 15th October, and the War has thus claimed one of the best framed men who enlisted from this district. Private Angwin worked on Barooga station for several years when Lieutenant Alan Macpherson was in control as manager, and after the latter left to do his bit Angwin also got into khaki and sailed some time last year for England. His was a conspicuous and fairly, frequent figure in the Cobram streets and the many friends he made while here will regret to learn of the loss of a gentleman by nature and behavior. He leaves a young son, who is living with his mother at Collingwood.”