FULLARTON, John Ritchie
| Service Number: | 550 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 February 1915, Broadmeadows, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Naracoorte, SA, 16 March 1884 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Queen's School North Adelaide, St Peters College |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, 8 June 1952, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Rowing Club WW1 Pictorial Honour Board, Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board, North Adelaide Queens School Honour Board, Werribee Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 550, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Broadmeadows, Vic. | |
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| 25 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 550, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 550, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Thomas Taylor FULLARTON and Jane Mary nee MORRIS
John Ritchie Fullarton married Ethel Jeannette Souter in Victoria in 1929. She was a former Staff Nurse who saw service overseas in WW1, and had embarked from Adelaide on 4 August 1916, per RMS Mooltan, for service in Egypt.
John Fullarton died at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital on 8 June 1952, aged 68, and was buried in a War Grave at the Melbourne General Cemetery. He was survived by his wife, and a daughter Jeanette.
A short obituary was published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 June 1952, p.3. It states that he had died in Melbourne, and that he was a :
former member of the 8th Light Horse at Gallipoli
former member of the Royal Flying Corps, and had won the Flying Cross.
former registrar of the Institute of Public Accountants
former secretary of the Australian Lawn Tennis Association
former secretary of the Victorian Golf Association.
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