John James RENTON

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RENTON, John James

Service Number:	2947
Enlisted:	3 November 1916, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Gateshead, Durham, England, 1894
Home Town:	Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farrier
Died:	Natural causes, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 16 May 1973
Cemetery:	Townsville (Belgian Gardens) Cemetery, Qld Sect E, Sub 3, Row 9, Plot 57
Memorials:	Ipswich District Baptist, Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War

World War 1 Service

3 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2947, Brisbane, Queensland
23 Dec 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2947, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2947, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
27 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 2947, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade

Jack

Known always as Jack, he was born in Gateshead, Co. Durham to a proudly Scots family who all moved to Ipswich Qld about 1905. Jack was a blacksmith from the age of 14. Short but powerfully built, Jack was an exceptionally humble and gentle man, a teetotaler, married to Thelma & father of Isabel. Two brothers served in the war with him.

Always reluctant to speak of his war experience, he remained horrified at the power & design of artillery shells designed to cause human carnage.

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