John Oliver Henry NORTH

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NORTH, John Oliver Henry

Service Numbers:	2778, N469828
Enlisted:	13 September 1915, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Volunteer Defence Corps (SA)
Born:	Nowra, New South Wales, 6 June 1894
Home Town:	Murwillumbah, Tweed, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Natural causes, New South Wales, 8 June 1979, aged 85 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

13 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2778, Sydney, New South Wales
22 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 2778, 7th Field Company Engineers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 2778, 7th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
16 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 2778, 7th Field Company Engineers

World War 2 Service

7 May 1943:	Enlisted Private, N469828, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Murwillumbah, New South Wales
7 May 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N469828
24 Sep 1945:	Discharged Private, N469828, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA)

John Oliver Henry North

He was born in Nowra, on the South Coast of NSW to Henry Thomas North and Louisa Frances Smith. John’s father was a farmer who had migrated from Kent UK in 1892. The family of four boys moved to the Tweed River in northern NSW in the early 1900s. Their father Henry Thomas North died in Murwillumbah in 1902 just after the fifth son was born. John North worked as a Blacksmith at the Clyde Engineering works in Sydney.

Three North boys joined up.
John Oliver Henry North - 1894-1979 7th Field Command Engineers
Thomas North - 1897-1922, 13 Reinforcement 5th Light Horse,
transferred 56th Battalion
Alexander (Alex) North- 1899-1976, Third Field Butchery

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