John Walrond DARE

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DARE, John Walrond

Service Number:	4162
Enlisted:	13 August 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Edithburgh, South Australia, Australia, 10 March 1895
Home Town:	Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Edithburgh State School, South Australia
Occupation:	Farrier
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 16 August 1916, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Edithburgh IOOF MUFS Loyal Edithburgh Lodge No 91 Roll of Honour, Edithburgh Public School Roll of Honour, Edithburgh WW2 Roll of Honor, Edithburgh War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

13 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4162, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
11 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 4162, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
11 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 4162, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide
11 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 10th Battalion to the 50th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 4162, 50th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4162 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-16

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Henry Dare and Mary Anne Dare nee Cawte of Edithburgh, SA. Brother of Ethel May Dare, Henry Walrond Dare, William Henry Dare, Ivy Alice Dare, Charles Richard Dare and Laura Agnes Dare

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 25 April 1916 he reoresented the 50th Battalion in swimming and diving sports competition held at Serapeum winning two gold medla

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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