John Thomas HEPBURN

HEPBURN, John Thomas

Service Number: 652
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
Born: Stirling, Scotland, 1887
Home Town: Ryde, Ryde, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Coachman
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917
Cemetery: Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial
Grave XL. C. 11. Personal Inscription THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

7 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 652, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 652, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
4 Oct 1917: Involvement Private, 652, 4th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 652 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-04

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 30 and the son of John Thomas and Jean Hepburn; husband of Mary E. Hepburn, of 21, Francis St., Enmore, New South Wales, formerly of  59 Mort Street, Balmain, New South Wales.

He arrived at Brisbane, aged 21 on 16th July 1908 on the S.S. 'Ortona'.

He is remembered on the war memorial originally in Ipswich's London Road Congregational Church, later known as the Presbyterian Church. The memorial is now in Ipswich Museum. Also of interest on this memorial is Robert Lauchland, Service No. 1320 of the Australian Flying Corps (AFC).

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