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John Hutchinson
| Name on Board | J Hutchinson |
| Name on Service Records |
John Hutchinson |
| Enlistment Age | 19 |
| Occupation | Labourer |
| Place of Birth | Kyneton, VIc |
| Next of Kin | Anne Hutchinson |
| Address | Jeffrey St, Kyneton, Vic |
| Marital Status | S |
| Enlistment Date | 17/08/1914 |
| Service No. | 238 |
| Enlistment Place | Surry Hills, Vic |
| Embarkation Place | Melbourne |
| Embarkation Date | 19/10/1914 |
| Embarkation Ship | HMAT Benalla A24 |
| Unit on Embarkation | 8th Australian Infantry Battalion |
| Date of Death | 27/04/1915 |
| Unit on Death | 8th Australian Infantry Battalion |
| Rank on Death | Private |
| Cause of Death | KIA |
| Place of Wounding/ Death |
Gallipoli |
| Cemetery or Memorial | Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey (exhumed from original grave at Artillery Road Cemetery and reinterred) |
Additional Information
John Hutchinson attended the Lauriston (west of Kyneton) State School. He was a member of St. Pauls Church of England. On the news of his death, the bells at the church tolled for ten minutes.
Address at time of enlistment 23 Giffard St, Williamstown, a boarding house owned by Mrs Robert Hansen. From this house six men enlisted, including two of Mrs Hansen's sons.
John Hutchinson sailed on the First Convoy of 38 ships which departed from Albany, Western Australia on 1 November 1914.
John Hutchinson's name is on the Kyneton War Memorial.
Additional References
Kyneton Guardian, Tuesday 1 June 1915, p2
Kyneton War Memorial accessed: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ausvsac/Kyneton_War.htm
The National Anzac Centre
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