SINGLE, John Vallack
| Service Number: | 34824 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 December 1916, Royal Agricultural Show Grounds, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Wollar, New South Wales, Australia, 30 June 1890 |
| Home Town: | Bowral, Wingecarribee, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Natural causes, Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, 12 December 1947, aged 57 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mudgee General Cemetery, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Commercial Banking Company of Sydney WW1 Honour Roll, Wall of Remembrance (Southern Villages Memorial) , Wollar and District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Dec 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 34824, Royal Agricultural Show Grounds, Sydney | |
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| 20 Dec 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Gunner, Field Artillery Brigades | |
| 21 Jun 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 34824, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne | |
| 21 Jun 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 34824, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 26 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 1 Jul 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 34824, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HT Frankfurt, England for return to Australia - disembarking Melbourne 20 August 1919 then by train to Sydney, arriving 21 August 1919 | |
| 20 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 34824, 5th Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Silver
The Mudgee Guardian reported that Mr. John Vallack Single, of 'Tilbelah', Twelve Mile, died very suddenly on Friday morning, 12 December 1947, aged 57 years. He was a member of the old Wollar family, and had resided in the district for practically a lifetime.
A bank accountant by profession he was a man of fine character, and his untimely death will be deeply regretted right throughout the district.
He married Carrie Danvers Sheaffe at Bowral on 30 December 1916 shortly after enlisting in the A.I.F. Embarking for overseas in mid 1917, he served two years in Framce and Belgium as a Gunner with the Field Artillery, returning in August 1919.
John Single resumed his banking career after the war, working in Sydney before being appointed as the accountant at the Bathurst branch of the Commercial Bank. In November 1926 his wife, who had been suffering depression, was tradgically killed near Bowral when struck by a train.
Shortly after, with young children to raise, he took up the property 'Tilbelah' near Mudgee, operating a successful sheep grazing operation that produced fine quality wool. In December 1935, he married Eileen Maxwell at Gulgong.
He was survived by a widow, two sons, and one daughter, and they had the sympathy of the whole community. The funeral took place to the Church of England portion of the Mudgee cemetery on 14 December 1947, the Rev. Canon Powell officiating.
Sources:
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article156405725
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article238117286
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