WILLIS, John
| Service Number: | G/13585 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Unspecified British Units |
| Born: | 21 March 1886, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | The Armidale School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Illness (Frostbite) - blood poisoning, Mudros Hospital, Lemnos, Greece, 13 December 1915, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Portianos Military Cemetery III. A. 267. |
| Memorials: | Armidale School War Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Dec 1915: | Involvement British Forces (All Conflicts), Private, G/13585, Unspecified British Units |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mrs. W. M. Macfarlane (formerly Willis), of Sydney, New South Wales, and the late William Charles Willis.
From Sydney.
At TAS one year from Feb 1903 to Dec. 1903. Football and Cricket Colours.
Served with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers as a Private and in the Balkans from 25.9.1915 until he died at Gallipoli 13.12.1915.
Killed aged about 30. He died of wounds at Mudros Hospital on the Island of Lemnos.
Buried in Plot 3 Row A Grave 267 of the Portianos Military Cemetary, West Mudros,
Lemnos, Greece.
WILLIS - Private John Willis, 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, only son of Mrs. W. M. Macfarlane, died December 13, of blood poisoning, at Mudros Hospital.
The sad news of the death from blood poisoning of Private John Willis, only son, of Mrs. McFarlane, of Wordsley, Double Bay, has caused widespread regret in Sydney. Private Willis left his ranch in South America at the outbreak of the war, and though offered a commission in the Imperial Army, preferred to enlist as a private, and was attached to tho Royal, Fusiliers. He died at Mudros Hospital on December 13.