FLACK, John Foster
| Service Number: | 6543 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 December 1916, Goulburn, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Majors Creek, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Majors Creek, Palerang, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 5 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 23), Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Braidwood Servicemens Club Honour Roll, Braidwood War Memorial, Majors Creek St Stephen's Anglican Church FLACK Memorial Tablet, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Dec 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6543, 18th Infantry Battalion, Goulburn, NSW | |
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| 7 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 6543, 18th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 6543, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 14 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6543, 18th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Devonport, England, Marched into 5th Training Battalion Rollestone, England, from Australia, | |
| 5 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6543, 18th Infantry Battalion, Killed in action |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Walter and Annie Flack of Majors Creek, Braidwood, NSW
The above is a photograph of the late Private J. F. Flack, 18th Battalion, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Flack, of Major's Greek, who was recently reported as having been killed in France. The deceased enlisted in January of last year.
Writing under date 6/10/17 to deceased's father, the Rev. W. N. Higgins, Chaplain, says :—
"Your son went forward with the Battalion to take part in the Flanders offensive last week, and while moving forward was hit by the bursting of a shell, and died immediately. He was buried on the field, and we are arranging to erect a cross to the memory of those who fell on that occasion. With sincere sympathy from the officers and men of the battalion."
Biography contributed by Helen digan
My mother Nell Jocelyn was with her Aunt & Uncle, Annie (nee Heazlett) and Walter Flack, parents of John Foster Flack, when news arrived of his death. I found this card whilst browsing through family history records of my mother's family (Jocelyn/Heazlett). He was known as Foster Flack. Annie was the daughter of John Heazlett, Mining Registrar of Major's Creek and Walter Flack who were married on 13 May 1885 at St Andrew's Church of England, Braidwood. NSW.
Helen Digan
Dec 1916
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