Fell, John Simpson

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B.E. : Sapper, 4th Field Coy., Engineers, A.I.F., France; also Assistant Commissioner, Australian Comforts Fund, Egypt, Gallipoli and France. Sailing as first Assistant Commissioner 2nd November, 1915, worked at Lemnos and in Egypt and, crossing to France with 1st Divisional Train, went to the Front Line. Joining A.I.F. in London in June, 1917, served at Ypres, Messines and the Somme, and was demobilised in London in 1919, returning privately via U.S.A. Early education at Cleveland St. Superior Public School. Later at St. Paul's College.

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1894

Birth in Hurstville -- NSW, Australia 1894
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Early education at Cleveland Street Public School, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia
1917

Military service as Sapper at France --, France ; Egypt --, Egypt ; Gallipoli --, Turkey 7 September 1917
1917

Enlisted 7 Sep 1917
1919

Demobilised 22 May 1919
1921

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1921
1921

Married 19 Apr 1921 at St Andrew's Cathedral [ Sydney, NSW Australia ]
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Engineer at John Fell And Co., Longueville -- Sydney, NSW, Australia
1927

Death in Parramatta -- NSW, Australia 20 August 1927

Gender

Male

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