MCPHERSON, John Walter
| Service Number: | 2947 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 June 1916, Tumbarumba, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tumbarumba, NSW, 19 May 1886 |
| Home Town: | Tumbarumba, Tumbarumba, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Rabbit Trapper |
| Died: | Tumbarumba, NSW, 22 October 1934, aged 48 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Tumbarumba Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: | Tumbarumba District Roll of Honour WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2947, 55th Infantry Battalion, Tumbarumba, NSW | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2947, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2947, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Walter John and Elizabeth Ann (nee SHORE) MCPHERSON
Husband of Mabel Maud McPHERSON of Tumbarumba, NSW
The death occurred on Monday of last week of Mr. John Walter McPherson, at the age of 49, years. Mr. McPherson, who was born in Tumbarumba, was a son of the late Mr. John McPherson and Mrs. A. B. Bennett, Adelong Road. He had been iin ill-health for the last two years, and during that time had been unable to follow any regular employment. He leaves a widow and nine children. Also surviving him, besides his mother, are four brothers, two sisters and two step-sisters.
They are: Messrs. William McPherson (Binalong), Henry Thomas, Charles Albert, and Alec Claude McPherson (Tumbarumba), Mesdames A. Miller and O. Goldspink (Tumbarumba), and Mesdames C. Williams and K. Moore (Tumbarumba).
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