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Born in Milton, NSW
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family moved and settled at Bangalow
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Among the first to settle in the Maleny district
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His brother Norman enlisted
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Brother returned with a seriously broken leg
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John Enlisted in the AIF
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Finally declared medically fit
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Placed in the 11th Depot Battalion
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posted to 10th/4th Pioneers Engineers
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Driver in the Engineers
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became a Sapper with the May Reinforcements Field Company Engineers
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admitted to 3rd Field Ambulance, France
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Discharged
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died suddenly at his home in Maleny