FAGIN J.A.

Given Names:  John Albert

Service Number:  19051

Unit:  June 1917 Reinforcements                                                                                     

Rank:  Sapper 

Paybook Number:  504238

Age:  27 Yrs  7 Mths

Occupation:  Engineer                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Baptist

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  11¾ In                

Weight:  164 Lbs

Chest:  34-37 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Ruddy

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  2/2/1917

Place:  Hawthorn

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Thomas Fagan

78 Malin Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                          

Embarkation Date:  31/10/1917

Port:  Sydney  

Ship:  HMAT Euripides A14

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Bahia Castillo                                   

Embarked:  27/5/1920                               

Disembarked:  19/6/1920

Unit:  4th Field Company Engineers                                                                                               

Rank:  Sapper

Discharge Date:  15/11/1920                     

Place:  3MD

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  69369

Victory Medal:  66490

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  21/6/1889

Place:  Collingwood, Victoria                    

Father:  Thomas FAGAN                         

Mother:  Elizabeth Ross MURRAY

MARRIAGE

Year:  1929     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Katie McDONALD

DEATH

Date or Year: 30/9/1962                          

Place: Thornbury, Victoria                       

Burial:  Kew Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 16/5/1918; gassed (mustard)

MEMORIALS

Auburn State School

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

Correct spelling of surname is FAGAN

FURTHER INFORMATION