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MARSHALL, John Herbert

Service Number:	1216
Enlisted:	6 May 1915
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Macquarie Plains, Tasmania, Australia, 4 August 1890
Home Town:	Macquarie Plains, Derwent Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	Glenora State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in action, France, 5 August 1916, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bushy Park I.O.O.F. Loyal Glenora Lodge No 25 Pictorial HR, Bushy Park I.O.O.F. Loyal Glenora Lodge No 25 Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

6 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1216, 26th Infantry Battalion
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1216, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1216, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
5 Aug 1916:	Involvement Sergeant, 1216, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1216 awm_unit: 26th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-08-05

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Robert and Frances MARSHALL