John WATERS

WATERS, John

Service Number: WX3690
Enlisted: 30 May 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
Born: Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia, 5 August 1894
Home Town: Toodyay, Toodyay, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farm Hand
Died: Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia, 24 October 1979, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
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World War 2 Service

30 May 1940: Enlisted Private, WX3690, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
30 May 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX3690, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
29 Aug 1942: Discharged Private, WX3690, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
29 Aug 1942: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX3690, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown: Involvement Private, WX3690, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

John Waters, born in Toodyay, Western Australia in 1894, was the eldest of five children of Richard Waters (born in Toodyay, WA) and Mary Jane Donohue (born in Gin Gin, WA). Richard was a Farmer in Toodyay.

John, working as a Farm Hand, married Elizabeth Mary Buckley in Northam, WA in 1920, and their sons were bron there.

In 1940, John then living in Tuart Hill in Perth, WA, enlisted in the Australian Army as a Private (Service No: WX3690) with 2/28 Battalion and 1 Australian Depot Battalion until his medical Discharge in 1942. 

John continued living in Toodyay, WA and worked as a Farmer until his death in 1979

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