Digby, John Lloyd

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M.B., Ch.M. : Captain, R.A.M.C., B.E.F., France, Mesopotamia, Italy and R.N. Transport Service. Enlisting 19th March, 1915, and sailing on 22nd, was R.M.O. 80th Artillery Brigade from July, 1915, to April, 1917, at Ypres, Armentieres, the Somme and Hill 60, and later with 53rd Field Ambulance till invalided to England. On recovery served as surgeon on transport "Miltiades "from London to Sydney and in Mesopotamia as M.O. on seven hospital ships till 1918. Was then M.O. hospital ship "Bamora "from Bombay to Port Said and at Base Hospital in Italy, returning on demobilisation. Early education at Sydney Church of England Grammar School. Later at St. Paul's College.

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1892

Birth in Neutral Bay -- Sydney, Australia 19 March 1892
1902

Early education at Sydney Church of England Grammar School, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 1902
1915

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1915
1915

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1915
1915

Enlisted 19 Mar 1915
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Military service as Captain at France --, France ; Mesopotamia ; Italy --, Italy
1920

General Practitioner 1920
1920

Married 31 Aug 1920 at St Andrew's Anglican Church [ Walcha, NSW Australia ]
1969

Death in Wagga Wagga -- NSW, Australia 1969

Gender

Male

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