John Herbert JOLLY
Born 1896 in Fulwood, Lancashire, England [20] [21] [30: item 7369824]
Son of Richard JOLLY and Martha MELLING [21] [30: item 7369824]
He was baptised on 7 August 1896 at Saint Michael's Church at Grimsargh, Lancashire, England [410]
On the night of the 1901 census he was staying with his aunt Alice JOLLY at Wood Hut on Ribby Road in Wrea Green, Lancashire [20]
Labourer in Coorow, Western Australia in 1915 [30: item 7369824]
With the permission of his parents he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) in Perth on 21 August 1915 [30: item 7369824]
He had previously served for three years and four months with the 85A militia in Albany [30]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 3½ inches tall, weighed 125 pounds and had grey eyes, fair hair and a fresh complexion [30]
After training at Blackboy Hill in the Perth hills he was initially appointed to the 9th Reinforcements of the 28th Battalion [30]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A28 Miltiades on 12 February 1916 [18]
Private 3752 in the Australian Imperial Force's 51st Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
He suffered a severe gunshot wound his arm and left side in August 1916 and was evacuated to England for medical treatment [30]
After recovering he returned to France on 14 October 1917 and rejoined his unit of the 51st Battalion on 23 October 1917 [30]
He embarked from England on the H.T. Commonwealth and disembarked in Western Australia on 4 June 1919 [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 19 July 1919; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
Teamster on Lake View Farm in Miamoon near Wubin in 1919 [50]
Married Lillian EVERITT in 1922 [66]
In 1925 he was working as a Labourer and living with his wife on Ewing Street in the Perth suburb of Welshpool [50]
Resided on Dudley Street in the Perth suburb of Kenwick in 1943 and 1949 while working as a Clerk and later Wood Machinist [50]
In 1958 he was working as a Woodworker and living at 84 Austin Avenue in the Perth suburb of Kenwick [50]
Resided at 77 Pinjarra Road in Mandurah in 1968 and at 3 Queensbury Street in Bunbury in 1972 [50]
Died 3 March 1975; ashes scattered to the winds at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'John Herbert Jolly' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 19 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/john-herbert-jolly [reference list] |
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