John Wilson PALFREYMAN

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PALFREYMAN, John Wilson

Service Number:	476
Enlisted:	21 August 1914, Enlisted at Pontville, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Pendleton, Manchester, England, 1888
Home Town:	Strahan, West Coast, Tasmania
Schooling:	Tideswell Grammar School, England
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial at panel 35., Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Strahan War Memorial

World War 1 Service

21 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 476, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Pontville, Tasmania
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 476, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 476, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Arrived in Australia aged 18 years

Son of Clarence Palfreyman of 26 Regent Street, Salford, Manchester, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Births Dec 1888
PALFREYMAN
John Wilson

Salford
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Tideswell is a village and civil parish in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England. It lies 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Buxton on the B6049, in a wide valley on a limestone plateau, at an altitude of 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea level, and is within the District of Derbyshire Dales.

Address in Australia-Cordell's Hotel, Strahan, Tasmania.

Enlistment details - 21 August 1914 Pontville, Tasmania-Private 12th Battalion, D Company.

Unit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board Transport A2 Geelong on 20 October 1914-he was then 25.

Killed in Action aged 27.

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 2 March 1915.

Reported wounded and missing, 25-28 April 1915.

Board of Enquiry, 5 June 1916, declared fate to be 'Killed in Action, 25 April 1915'.

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