FOYE, John
| Service Number: | N339738 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 May 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Bellshill, Scotland, 15 June 1909 |
| Home Town: | Mount Kembla, Illawarra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia , 26 May 1977, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Wollongong City Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, New, South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 16 May 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N339738 | |
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| 2 Jun 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N339738 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
John was the fourth of six children of Edward Foye (b1879 in Glasgow, Scotland) and Ann Brooks McKenzie (b1880 in Clackmannanshire, Scotland). Edward - a Coal Miner - and Ann - a Woollen Mill Worker - married in 1904 in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. In July 1912 the family arrived in Sydney, NSW on board the Rangatira, and settled in Mt Kembla NSW where Edward was a Miner.
John started working as a Wheeler (Wheelwright) and was a Miner in Mt Kembla in 1935 when he married Elizabeth Richards (b1912 in Warwickshire, England). Elizabeth - a Woollen Mill Worker - arrived in Sydney NSW with her parents and one sister on board the Beltana in 1927.
John and Elizabeth settled in Mt Kembla where John was a Miner. In May 1942 John enlisted in the ACMF (Private; Service No:N339738). He was a Private attached to 12 Battalion VDC when he was Discharged in June 1943.
John and Elizabeth remained in Mt Kembla, where John was a Miner. John died in 1977 and Elizabeth died in 2009.
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