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- HARPLEY
- JT
- JOHN THOMAS
- Cootamundra
- New South Wales, Australia
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Son of James and Elisabeth Harpley, of Cootamundra; six brothers and three younger sisters;
Husband of Margaret; father of Ernest, John and George; his youngest son George was born in September 1916, five months after John left for France. He never saw his youngest son; - Platelayer
- Was called 'The Red King'
Militaire dienst
- Enlisted in West Maitland on 4 January 1916
- 446
- Serjeant
- 34th Bn. Australian Infantry B Company, 6th Platoon
- 9th Brigade
- 3rd Australian Division
- A.I.F.
- To France on 21 November 1916
Overlijden
- Wounded to hospital on 2 December 1916; back to unit on 11 March 1917; shell explosion in reserve trenches near Ieper, killed seven of his company, John was severely wounded;
- Died of gunshot wounds in thorax and abdomen in n°3 Canadian CCS
- 1 October 1917
- XXIV - E - 3
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