John Richard DYSTER

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DYSTER, John Richard

Service Number:	454
Enlisted:	1 February 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 15 August 1875
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Grote Street Model School
Occupation:	Printer
Died:	Cerebro Spinal Meningitis, Lucknow Hospital, Tidworth, England, United Kingdom, 4 November 1916, aged 41 years
Cemetery:	Tidworth Military Cemetery, England
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

1 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 454, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia
9 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 454, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
9 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 454, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide

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Biography

"THE LATE PRIVATE J. R. DYSTER.

Mrs. J. R. Dyster, 76, Hutt-street, has been notified that her husband, Private J. R. Dyster, died of meningitis in England on November 4. He left South Australia in June last. He was a printer and worked at Broken Hill for a number of years. At the time of his enlistment, however, he was employed in Adelaide. A widow and four children are left. Private Dyster was of a genial disposition and was highly esteemed by all who knew him." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 02 Dec 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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