WOODWARD, Markwell John
| Service Number: | QX19897 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 June 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 16 June 1908 |
| Home Town: | Kilcoy, Somerset, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Runcorn State School, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Fruit Farmer |
| Died: | Gympie, Queensland Australia, 2 May 1996, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Gympie Cemetery, Qld Plot L3-5-28 |
| Memorials: | Kilcoy Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 24 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX19897 | |
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| 24 Dec 1941: | Wounded Markwell suffered severe facial and jaw gunshot wounds. He underwent many surgeries. At Greenslopes Repatriation Hospital, Brisbane he learnt chip carving and made many pot stands, jewellery boxes, coffee tables. | |
| 28 Mar 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX19897 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daphne Parker
Excerpt from son, Rodney Mark, eulogy at Mick's funeral... "Dad was always a very diligent, hard working man. With his brothers, he cleared 90 acres of rainforest by hand and built the roads with pick and shovel at their farm Hazeldean, Kilcoy. He humped truck load after truck load of bananas around the hills. They also grew pawpaws which too were heavy and constant work. Often times he would plough a paddock by using a horse drawn plough, using these occasions to show me how to harness a horse and use a plough or set of harrows. Every second Sunday we went for a walk through the scrub to show us fungi, new crosnest up a tree or some other thing of beauty.
For years he served as our local 1 teacher school secretary and treasurer.
On Sunday afternoons he got his squeezebox (button accordian) out and played hymns.
We loved to build things and made a little sled so we could slide down the hill. He made a highjump stand and a model sailing yacht out of a piece of log from the scrub.
He and his two brothers (Albert and Les) took it in turn to go to town on a Saturday and meet with the Salvation Army Officer from Caboolture and hold an openair meeting in the main street. Such was his love to tell people about the Lord.
He also had an interest in keeping a record of the rainfall. When Somerset dam was being built, dad's records were used to help validate it's construction. On sighting these records, the officials were amazed and commented on the accuracy and detail of his records."
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