CULL, John Thomas Harcourt
| Service Number: | 5254 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 November 1917, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 31 October 1877 |
| Home Town: | South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dairyman |
| Died: | 19 November 1931, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld MONUMENTAL-GP1-49A-40 |
| Memorials: | Holland Park Mount Gravatt Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Nov 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5254, 31st Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 2 Mar 1918: | Involvement Private, 5254, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Ormonde embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 2 Mar 1918: | Embarked Private, 5254, 31st Infantry Battalion, SS Ormonde, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ian Lang
Son of Frederick CULL and Elizabeth nee FERNLEY
John Cull was a dairyman living at Mount Gravatt. He was married to Alice Lillian Cull and they had four children; Leonard, Eileen, Alice and Henrietta. At the time of enlisting on 12th November 1917 (just after the defeat of the second conscription referendum) John was 38 years old. While John was overseas, his wife and children moved to Henry Street, Dunellan Estate (now Greenslopes).
John had three days home leave before boarding a troop train for Sydney and then embarking for overseas on 2nd March 1918. The “Ormonde” had a number of reinforcements for Egypt and the Western Front on board. When the ship arrived in Suez on 4th April, John was admitted into hospital with an anal fistula (abscess) which required surgery and treatment. He remained in hospital in Cairo and then was posted to the Australian Camp awaiting onward transport to England which he boarded in early July. On the 10th July, John was admitted to hospital at Faenza on the Italian Adriatic Coast with influenza. By the end of July, he had finally made it to England and was posted to the Australian Depot at Codford.
On 7th August 1918, John was admitted again to hospital with the determination N.Y.D. (Not Yet Diagnosed). John would move between hospital and convalescent depots in England for the next four months until it was determined he be returned to Australia in January 1919. John Cull was discharged as Medically Unfit on 3rd April 1919 in Brisbane; and for the first time appeared the notation – tuberculosis. TB at the time of the First World War was a virulent disease, and without the antibiotics of today difficult to treat. Even though the bacteria most commonly affect the lungs it can also be manifested in abscesses (see the fistula above). TB was common among people who worked with cattle; and John was a dairyman who probably hand milked fifty or so cows a day.
It is quite possible that John was suffering from TB before he enlisted. The fact that a 38 year old man in questionable health was accepted for enlistment demonstrates the desperate need to keep the reinforcements flowing to the front during 1917 and 1918. John Cull applied for repatriation benefits in 1931.
Member of the Native Rose Lodge, M.U.I.O.O.F.
Biography contributed by Ian Lang
John Thomas Harcourt Cull # 5254 31st Battalion
John Cull was a dairyman living at Mount Gravatt. He was married to Alice Lillian Cull and they had four children; Leonard, Eileen, Alice and Henrietta. At the time of enlisting on 12th November 1917 (just after the defeat of the second conscription referendum) John was 38 years old. While John was overseas, his wife and children moved to Henry Street, Dunellan Estate (now Greenslopes).
John had three days home leave before boarding a troop train for Sydney and then embarking for overseas on 2nd March 1918. The “Ormonde” had a number of reinforcements for Egypt and the Western Front on board. When the ship arrived in Suez on 4th April, John was admitted into hospital with an anal fistula (abscess) which required surgery and treatment. He remained in hospital in Cairo and then was posted to the Australian Camp awaiting onward transport to England which he boarded in early July. On the 10th July, John was admitted to hospital at Faenza on the Italian Adriatic Coast with influenza. By the end of July, he had finally made it to England and was posted to the Australian Depot at Codford.
On 7th August 1918, John was admitted again to hospital with the determination N.Y.D. (Not Yet Diagnosed). John would move between hospital and convalescent depots in England for the next four months until it was determined he be returned to Australia in January 1919. John Cull was discharged as Medically Unfit on 3rdApril 1919 in Brisbane; and for the first time appeared the notation – tuberculosis. TB at the time of the First World War was a virulent disease, and without the antibiotics of today difficult to treat. Even though the bacteria most commonly affect the lungs it can also be manifested in abscesses (see the fistula above). TB was common among people who worked with cattle; and John was a dairyman who probably hand milked fifty or so cows a day.
It is quite possible that John was suffering from TB before he enlisted. The fact that a 38 year old man in questionable health was accepted for enlistment demonstrates the desperate need to keep the reinforcements flowing to the front during 1917 and 1918. John Cull applied for repatriation benefits in 1931.