23rd Infantry Battalion
Killed In Action
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John Joseph Cahill (SN 4069), born in Ballarat East, was a 26 year old butcher at the time of his enlistment on September 8th 1914. He embarked on March 7th 1916 aboard the Wiltshire and joined the 23rd Infantry Battalion in France in early November. On March 20th 1917 he received a severe gunshot wound to his right thigh and was evacuated to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, England. His uncle from Ireland visited him regularly and, when he died of his wounds on June 17th 1917, he was buried in the Mitchellstown Churchyard, Cork, Ireland. He was 28 years of age.
