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 MCB-261244-K4H4J2 KB00160115 |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 30 May 1940: | Enlisted Private, WX3690, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX3690, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion | |
| 29 Aug 1942: | Discharged Private, WX3690, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion | |
| 29 Aug 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX3690, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, WX3690, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography 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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