FEEHAN, John Sylvester
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 13 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 1st Remount Unit (AIF) |
| Born: | 12 August 1864, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Somers, Victoria, Australia, 1939, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, 1st Remount Unit (AIF) | |
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| 12 Nov 1915: | Involvement Captain, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Nov 1915: | Embarked Captain, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), HMAT Orsova, Melbourne |
John Feehan
John Sylvester FEEHAN was a grazier and horse breeder who had properties at Macedon and Caramut. He married in 1920 to Eileen Agnes Hughes, and in 1925 purchased the "Coolart" property at Somers which he owned until 1937.
Submitted 16 May 2020 by Ross Martin
Biography contributed by Ross Martin
John Sylvester Feehan was a 51yo grazier when he enlisted in the AIF on 13/10/1915 as a remount officer.
At the time of enlistment he gave his address as "White Lodge" Macedon, Victoria.
He left Australia on 12/11/1915 aboard the HMAT Orsova and served in Egypt in his role of remount officer.
He returned to Australia on 14/2/1917 and was discharged on 6/3/1917.
He farmed in the Caramut area after marrying in 1920, and in 1925 moved to "Coolart" at Somers, Victoria where he lived until his death in 1939.
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