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Personal data

• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Toowoomba
• Land Queensland, Australia
• Last residence Boonah, Queensland, Australia
• Family Son of Barney and Mary Graham
• Profession Police constable in the Queensland Police Force
• Extra info John GRAHAM was one of thirty Queensland Police Officers killed on active service during the Great War 1914-1918

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 9 October 1914, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
• Service number 1136
• Rank Private
• Medals D C M, 1914-1915 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 9th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Other data related to military career Embarked 22 December 1914, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;
  Seriously wounded in action 25 April 1915 (Gallipoli);
  Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal on 19 August 1916 “for conspicuous gallantry and devotion in action as a stretcher bearer. He worked continuously for four days with less than six hours rest carrying the wounded across the open in spite of heavy artillery fire.”

Death

• Wounded 20 September, Glencourse Wood
• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds back, in n°10 CCS
• Died at the age of 25
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIV - C - 18

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