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IRWIN, Joseph Alfred
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1774 |
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Enlisted: | 1 October 1914, Enlisted at Murrurundi, NSW |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 8th Army Service Corps |
Born: | Singleton, England, 1889 |
Home Town: | Murrurundi, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Miner |
Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 30 June 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial Panel 11, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
1 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 1774, Mechanical Transport Companies (AIF), Enlisted at Murrurundi, NSW | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 1774, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
5 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 1774, 8th Army Service Corps, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Division Artillery Ammunition Park | |
30 Jun 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 1774, 8th Army Service Corps, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1774 awm_unit: 8th Australian Army Service Corps Company awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1915-06-30 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Charlotte Jane Irwin of Railway Street, Murrurundi, NSW. Father of Agnes Maud Irwin and Veronica Ida Mary Irwin
Brother of A.H. Irwin of Werris Creek, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Citizen Military Forces for about 18 months