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  • Cootamundra
  • New South Wales, Australia
  • 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'

Military service

  • Enlisted in West Maitland on 4 January 1916
  • 446
  • Serjeant
  • 34th Bn. Australian Infantry B Company, 6th Platoon
  • To France on 21 November 1916

Death

  • 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
  • XXIV - E - 3

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