TALMAGE, John Samuel
| Service Number: | 2905 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, Melbourne, Victoria and assigned to Divisional Ammunition Column No 3 Section intake. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1875 |
| Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Post Office Linesman |
| Died: | Murdered whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Nago Island, New Ireland, New Guinea, 30 November 1942 |
| Cemetery: |
Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Civilian War Dead |
| Memorials: | Castlemaine Strathloddon Methodist Sunday School Honor Roll, Yapeen State School No. 1903 Great European War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2905, Divisional Ammunition Column, Melbourne, Victoria and assigned to Divisional Ammunition Column No 3 Section intake. | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Gunner, 2905, Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Gunner, 2905, Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 31 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2905, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Demobbed at end of war |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - John Talmage and Agnes Sperin married 1873 in Geelong, Victoria.
Fate: - After the cessation of World War 1, John returned to Australia. Its seems at some point in time he moved to New Guinea and was employed as the manager of Tomalabat Plantation, Tatau Island. John was one of the Europeans rounded up by the Japanese from Tabar in the hunt for Con Page the Coastwatcher. John was executed at Nago Island on 30th November 1942 aged 67. He was one of 7 bodies identified of 13 recovered on Nago Island near Kavieng after the war and was buried at the Bitapaka War Cemetery. (Rabaul War Cemetery and Memorial). The Japanese considered any European captured after the invasion was a potential "Coastwatcher" and executed for spying.