Service Details
Name:
 ETHELL
Given Name:
 JOHN OLIVER
Initials:
 J O
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Unit:
 23rd Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1917-10-04
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Date of Birth:
 1896-06-26
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Broodseinde Ridge, Flanders
Additional
Information:
Son of Alfred William and May Willett Shott Ethell, of The Rectory, Laidley, Queensland. State school teacher and student for Holy Orders; of Laidley, Queensland; born Kalk Bay, near Cape Town, South Africa, came to Australia when 8 years old; educated at state school and also privately; was a boy scout; joined AIF 13 August 1915, became a sapper in 6 Field Company Engineers, afterwards gaining a commission in the infantry; was wounded at Bullecourt in May 1917.
Commemoration
Country:
 Belgium
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Locality:
 Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
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Cemetery:
 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31.

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