MIDDLETON, John Thomas
| Service Number: | 1439 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 October 1914, 3 years English Territorials, Lincoln, England |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Saxilby, Lincoln, England, 4 October 1880 |
| Home Town: | Mayfield East, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Builders foreman |
| Died: | Kerr Street, Mayfield, New South Wales, 14 September 1930, aged 49 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1439, 13th Infantry Battalion, 3 years English Territorials, Lincoln, England | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1439, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1439, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
| 3 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1439, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW buttocks and chest | |
| 2 Feb 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1439, 13th Infantry Battalion, Gassed | |
| 5 Oct 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1439, 13th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
90 years ago today, on the Monday afternoon of the 15th September 1930, Sergeant John Thomas Middleton, 13th Battalion (Reg No-1439), builder's foreman from Kerr Street, Mayfield, New South Wales, father of two (Mary and John Thomas), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 49. ANGLICAN 2-148. 76.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135427457 - funeral notice states service.
Born at Saxilby, Lincoln, England on the 4th October 1880 to James Brumby and Mary Ellen Middleton nee Codling; husband of Clara Emma Middleton nee Ford (married 27.8.1907 at the Parish Church, Saxilby, United Kingdom, died?), John enlisted October 1914 at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 23.8.1915 (GSW buttocks and chest), 2.2.1918 (mustard gas poisoning), Mr Middleton, being an "Original Anzac", was granted Special Leave on the 3rd October 1918, but stayed in England.
Returned home November 1919, being discharged on the 9th December 1919.
John’s name has not been inscribed on the Newcastle Master Builders' Association Roll of Honour (unveiled on the 23th July 1918, 23 names inscribed) or any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
Wife and children arrived in Australia 1922, sailing from London 4.5.1922 on the SS Barrabool.
Mr Middleton had been resting in an unmarked grave, forgotten, so December 2016 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=33083#grave-photo-1
Service record states date of death.
An application for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip submitted February 2019, unfortunately declined May 2019.
John’s service and sacrifice for God, King and Country during The Great War will be remembered with a plaque from the Forgotten Diggers Headstone Project.
Lest We Forget.
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