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VAN JOOLEN, Henry John
Personal Details
Service Number: | 674 |
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Enlisted: | 21 December 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Second Corporal |
Last Unit: | 1st Australian Light Railway Operating Company |
Born: | Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1886 |
Home Town: | Brunswick West, Moreland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Fireman |
Died: | West Brunswick, Victoria, January 1944, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Church of England E, Grave 183. Interred on 31 January 1944 |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
21 Dec 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 674, Railway Unit (AIF), Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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19 Feb 1917: | Involvement 674, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
19 Feb 1917: | Embarked 674, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne | |
23 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 15th Light Railway Operating Company, In France | |
1 Aug 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 1st Australian Light Railway Operating Company, In France | |
20 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 674, 1st Australian Light Railway Operating Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Henry Van Joolen and Louisa Van Joolen nee Myers of Port Melbourne, Victoria.
Husband of Ruby Ethel Van Joolen Howson Street, West Brunswick, Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia on 21 June 1919 aboard HT Konigin Luise disembarking on 13 August 1919.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal