MOSELEY, John Frederick
| Service Number: | 557 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 557, 8th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 557, 8th Machine Gun Company, RMS Orontes, Melbourne |
My father
John or Jack as he was often known didn't talk much about the war. I recall that he spent time in St Andrews London following his time in the trenches at Ypres. He was blinded by the gas. He returned to Australia in 1920 totally blind with new skills reading braille.
He had a huge capacity for numbers and managed a successful business as an Advertisement Agent with the ABC Concert programs TV times. We lived in Warriewood, a northern suburb of Sydney on 5 acres of bushland, and he would chop wood, and do all he could to contribute to a comfortable live for his family, my brother, his stepdaughter and myself.
As I child I played hide and seek with him, and he would find me by listening for my breath.
He hated war. He wanted a better world, he wanted equality, fairness and respect. He was instrumental in getting the Australia Party up and running in the 1960s.
Dad died 7 January 1972 in his sleep, bless him. His last words to my brother were that he was concerned that my mother was comfortable as she had recently had a kidney operation. He was always kind and thoughtful of others.
Submitted 29 August 2019 by Deborah Moseley