John Charles UPSTON

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Service Number:	109
Enlisted:	17 August 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Birmingham England, 1882
Home Town:	Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fitter
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 30 May 1948, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 109
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 109, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 109, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney

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Son of Richard Upston and Charlotte Upston of Lenox Streets, Toxells, Birmingham, England

Previously had served four years with the Royal Navy Medical Corps.

17 August 1914 - enlisted at Randwick, NSW, with the 2nd Battalion with the rank of Private

13 May 1915 - transferred to Oamaniah as Batman to Captain Kane

Returned to Australia on 17 July 1915 aboard HS Kyarra

19 January 1916 - discharged at the 2nd Military District

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