RUSSELL, John Thomas
Service Number: | 3500 |
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Enlisted: | 28 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia, 3 January 1891 |
Home Town: | Mornington, Victoria |
Schooling: | Mornington Public School |
Occupation: | Farmer and Engineer |
Died: | Illness, Canterbury, Victoria, Australia, 27 June 1945, aged 54 years |
Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Springvale Botanical Cemetery World War 1 ex-servicemen section. |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
28 Jul 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3500, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion , AFC / RFC operations Western Front / Middle East, 3 medals | |
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28 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria | |
11 Oct 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 3500, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' |
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11 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3500, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
19 Oct 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3500, 5th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Christopher Russell
Wounded 3 times and gassed in action on the Somme, France.
Farmer, Sefton Grange , Mornington, Victoria, Australia.
Later, mechanical engineer, of Scotts Crescent (Kendall St) Canterbury, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Married; Hilda Peel.
Child: Allan John Russell 1932- 2014.
Grandchildren - Lynne, Christine Heming, Christopher John Russell, Shane Duncan Russell.
Biography
Wounded 3 times in action on the Somme, France.
Farmer, Sefton Grange , Mornington, Victoria, Australia.
Later, mechanical engineer, of Scotts Crescent (Kendall St) Canterbury, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Married; Hilda Peel.
Child: Allan John Russell 1932- 2014.