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HUMPHRIES, John Westbury
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2394 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Newtown, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 1961, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2394, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: Middle name incorrectly spelt as Westburg on original record | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2394, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Colin Williamson
John was my Great Uncle he was my late Grandfathers brother .
Their mother died not long after the birth of my Grandfather Arthur she had Tuberculosis .
John was age 10 when his mother died and his father who was from Westbury upon Trym near Bristol in England he had to put his children into care until he remarried .
He married in 1910 and had 2 children a girl and a boy that both died very young . His 1st wife died and he remarried later but had no other children . He died in Sydney age 76 and is buried at Rookwood Cemetery .