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Personal data

• Name DANKS
• Initials J
• First name JOHN
• Place of birth Kensington (Melbourne)
• Country Victoria, Australia
• Last residence Kensington, Victoria, Australia
• Family Son of Isaiah and Harriet Danks, of 11, Bayswater Rd., Kensington, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Profession Engine and motor driver

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 6 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Service number 11830
• Rank Gunner
• Medals 1914-1915 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 4th Brigade Australian Field Artillery
• Army - Corps - Division 2nd Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked 28 January 1916, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  

Death

• Wounded 14 August
• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds multiple; N°2 Can CCS
• Date of death 14 August 1917
• Died at the age of 24
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XVII - F - 16

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