ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

RHODES, John Samuel

RHODES, John Samuel

Full Name: John Samuel

RHODES

Date of Birth: 08

–

1893

Place of birth: Jarrahdale WA

Australia

Occupation: Storekeeper

Address: Dwellingup WA

Next of Kin: Sister- Alice Deering

Next of Kin Address: West Brookton GSRailway WA then Marrinup via Pinjarra WA

Religion: Church of England

Service Number: 2437

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 51st Battalion/28th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1915-08-02

Enlistment Location: Perth

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1915-10-13

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1915-11-06

Locations Served:

,

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: Killed in Action

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Pozieres, France

Age at Death: 23

Burial Location: Inscription Villers Brettoneux Memorial France

21/07/1915- Completed Medical Examination Perth WA
2/08/1915- To No. 1 Depot Battalion Company Blackboy Hill as Private
16/09/1915- To 28th Battalion 5th Reinforcements Blackboy Hill WA
6/11/1915- To Overseas Training Base 7th Training Battalion Zeitoun Egypt ex Australia
3/01/1916- Admitted 4th Aux Hospital Abbassia Egypt ( Measles ) ex Zeitoun
3/03/1916- Transferred 51st Battalion Tel-el-Kebir Egypt ex Sickness
5/06/1916- Embarked Alexandria Egypt with British Expeditionary Forces bound for Marseilles France ( Disembarked 12/06/1916 )
3/09/1916- Reported Missing in Action France
3/09/1916- Reported Killed in Action Pozieres, France ( Refer Court of Enquiry held 23/04/1917 )

 

Service Medals Awarded

1914/1915 Star- No. 23692

British War Medal – No. 21909

Victory Medal – No. 21833

Memorial Plaque & Scroll – No. 323264

 

Memorial Inscription

Yarloop War Memorial WA.

Villers-Brettoneux War Memorial France.

 

***** Special thanks to Terry McCAUGHAN for his additional Research to confirm the Soldiers South West Connection in the 1914 Electoral Roll for Swan *****.