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John Alexander Muir

Name on Board JA Muir
Name on Service
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John Alexander  Muir
Enlistment Age 23
Occupation Labourer, Yarraville Sugar Refinery
Place of Birth Williamstown, Vic
Next of Kin Sarah Muir
Address 66 Parker St, Williamstown, Vic
Marital Status S
Enlistment Date 3/11/1915
Service No. 4873
Enlistment Place Melbourne, Vic
Embarkation Place Melbourne
Embarkation Date 7/03/1916
Embarkation Ship HMAT Wiltshire A18
Unit on Embarkation 5th Australian Infantry Battalion
Date of Death 25/09/1917
Unit on Death 15th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery
Rank on Death Gunner
Cause of Death Died of Wounds received at Ypres, Belgium
Place of Wounding/
Death
No 3 Canadian Ccasualty Hospital, Belgium
Cemetery or Memorial Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium
Additional Information John Muir attended Central State School, Williamstown.  He was employed at Yarraville Sugar Refinery prior to enlistment.
Additional References Williamstown Chronicle, Saturday 13 October, 1917, p3
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