LOVE, John Alexander
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 11th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Strathalbyn South Australia, 31 March 1894 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Prince Alfred College and University of Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Medical Practitioner |
| Died: | Western Australia, 1977, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Scots Church WW1 Honour Board, Adelaide University of Adelaide WW1 Honour Roll, Strathalbyn District Roll of Honor WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement Captain, 11th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
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| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked Captain, 11th Field Ambulance, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne |
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LOVE John Alexander MB BS
1894-1977.
John Alexander Love was born in Strathalbyn, South Australia on 31st March 1894. He was the son of the Rev George Clarke Love and his wife Margaret Georgina, nee Beattie. He was educated at Strathalbyn School and Prince Alfred College. He studied medicine at the University of Adelaide and graduated in 1915. While in medical school in Adelaide he served for three years as a private in 31 LHFA.
Love enlisted in the AIF on the 15th September 1915 whilst he was a resident medical officer at the Adelaide Hospital. He was single, 21 years old, 5ft 9ins tall, 147lbs, and had a fair complexion, blue eyes, and light brown hair. His father was named as his next of kin. He was posted to 11FdAmb. He embarked from Melbourne in June 1916 and arrived at Southampton in July. He took part in the unit training on the Salisbury Plain, but in October, prior to leaving for France, was transferred to 43 Bn for two months in the absence of Arthur Guymer. He was recommended for the Military Cross at Ypres in October 1917, when he was Bearer Captain in charge of the left sector of the Divisional front, but it was not awarded. He was transferred to 2 AGH at Wimereux in May 1918, and served there until the end of the year. He was Mentioned in Despatches in November 1918. He moved around the Divisional units as required in the first two months of 1919, and in March was granted six months study leave. Love was issued with the British War Medal and the Victory Medal with Oak Leaves.
Love married Winifred Mary Addis, who was from Melbourne, on 13th August 1918 whilst still in England. His appointment was terminated in Australia on the 6th November 1919. He practised at Booleroo Centre, South Australia until 1927, and then, after further postgraduate study in the USA, moved to Perth, Western Australia. John Alexander Love died in Western Australia in 1977. James Robert Beattie Love, his older brother, served in the Camel Corps and 14 LHR. He was awarded the DCM and MC in the Sinai-Palestine Campaign. He was ordained after the war and became the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of South Australia.
Source
Blood, Sweat and Fears: Medical Practitioners and Medical Students of South Australia, who Served in World War 1.
Verco, Summers, Swain, Jelly. Open Books Howden, Adelaide 2014.
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