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Son of Sir John McWhae, Kt., of 314, Collins St., Melbourne, Australia. 

BORN BALLARAT, VICTORIA AUSTRALIA 6TH FEBRUARY 1884 OUR BELOVED SON

Members of the Stock Exchange of Melbourne  yesterday adjourned the afternoon meeting out of  respect to the memory of their late fellow-ember,  Lieutenant John W. McWhae, news of whose death in  action on June 21 had just been received by his father,  Mr. J. McWhae, M.L.C. In expressing the deep  regret of members at the loss sustained in the death  of Lieutenant McWhae, the chairman (Mr. W. J. Roberts) said that Lieutenant McWhae's fine personalty  had left a marked impression. He had been a member of the Exchange since September, 1913,  when he succeeded his father, who had been chairman for six years. Lieutenant McWhae joined the Royal  Field Artillery as second lieutenant, and for services  rendered at the battle of the Somme was promoted to  the rank of first lieutenant. He had since been recommended for his captaincy. His record of active  service in France extended over a period of nearly l8  months. He was 33 years of age, and was educated at  Scotch College and the Ballarat School of Mines, and  subsequently took the engineering course at the  erkeley University, California. His profession, which  afterwards proved of material assistance to him in his miltary career, was followed in Arizona (U.S.A.), Korea, and the Philippine Islands. His younger brother, Gunner Hector McWhae, is still in France, where he has been fighting for about two years.

McWHAE.— Killed in action, in France, on the 21st  June, 1917, Lieutenant John Wilson McWhae, Royal  Field Artillery, dearly beloved eldest son of John and  Elizabeth McWhae, "Pasley," Domain road, South Yarra, aged 33.

McWHAE.- In loving memory of our dear friend, John Wilson McWhae, killed in action in France,
21st June, 1917.
We often sit and think of you
When we are all alone,
But memory is the only thing
That grief can call its own.
—(Inserted by W. and J. Blucher.)