DEATH, John James
| Service Number: | 2349 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | London, England, 24 October 1873 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Electric Car Driver |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, 26 September 1954, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Burwood General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212617152/john-james-deeth |
| Memorials: | Nar Nar Goon G.U.O.O.F. Malvern Lodge No 2258 Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2349, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2349, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 29 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2349, 21st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne | |
| 9 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Sep 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2349, 21st Infantry Battalion, embarked England for Melbourne on board HT Ulysses; 1st Command Depot | |
| 12 Jun 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2349, 21st Infantry Battalion, Medically Unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Lance Corporal John James Death (Service No:2439) enlisted in the AIF on 12 July 1915 as a Private with 54 Coy, and was attached to 21st Battalion on 29 September 1915 when he embarked from Melbourne on board RMS Osterley. Promoted to Lance Corporal in England on 9 January 1917, he was attached to 1st Command Depot on 10 September 1917 when he embarked from England for Melbourne on board HT Ulysses. Lance Corporal Death was hospitalised in Melbourne before Discharge (Permanently Medically Unfit) on 12 June 1918 - 21st Infantry Battalion.
John was born in London, England in 1873, seventh of twelve children of Edward Albert Death (b1844 in London, England) and Elizabeth Susan Green (b1845 in London, England). Edward (a Labourer) and Elizabeth (a House Servant) married in 1862 in London, where they settled and raised their family and Edward worked as a Packer and Labourer.
John was a Carman in London in 1895, when he married Margaret Bedelia Vance (b1875 in Dublin, Ireland). John and Margaret lived in London, where John worked as a Tramway Motorman. John immigrated in 1913, and Margaret and the children followed in 1914, arriving in Melbourne on board the Norseman. John and Margaret settled in Melbourne, where they raised their family and John worked as a Motorman/Electric Car Driver and Dealer. In the 1920s they changed their surname from 'Death' to 'Deeth". Margaret died in 1950 and John in 1954.
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