John Thomas RUSSELL

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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.
Memorials:

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, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
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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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.

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.

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