John Thomas RUSSELL

RUSSELL, John Thomas

Service Number: 3500
Enlisted: 28 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion
Born: Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia, 3 January 1891
Home Town: Mornington, Victoria
Schooling: Mornington Public School
Occupation: Farmer and Engineer
Died: Illness, Canterbury, Victoria, Australia, 27 June 1945, aged 54 years
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
Springvale Botanical Cemetery World War 1 ex-servicemen section.
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World War 1 Service

28 Jul 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3500, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion , AFC / RFC operations Western Front / Middle East, 3 medals
28 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria
11 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3500, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1,

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11 Oct 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3500, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
19 Oct 1919: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3500, 5th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Christopher Russell

Wounded 3 times and gassed in action on the Somme, France.

Farmer, Sefton Grange , Mornington, Victoria, Australia.

Later, mechanical engineer, of Scotts Crescent (Kendall St) Canterbury, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Married; Hilda Peel.

Child: Allan John Russell 1932- 2014.

Grandchildren - Lynne, Christine Heming, Christopher John Russell, Shane Duncan Russell.

Biography

Wounded 3 times in action on the Somme, France.

Farmer, Sefton Grange , Mornington, Victoria, Australia.

Later, mechanical engineer, of Scotts Crescent (Kendall St) Canterbury, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Married; Hilda Peel.

Child: Allan John Russell 1932- 2014.