Service Life:

Campaigns:

• The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.

Detail :

Redacted searches show that he may have died in South Africa in 1918. No matching Commonwealth War Grave.

Masonic :

John is listed as a 36 year old carpenter resident at Premier Mine in 1909 at the time of his initiation into Premier Mine Lodge of Transvaal No. 3172. at Cullinan, Transvaal. He is not included on the 1921 or 1940 Masonic Rolls of Honour, the latter document only recording the name of Frederick H. McDowell, who cannot be found. Although there are many members with war service, John appears to be the only member of the Lodge to have paid the supreme sacrifice.

Source :

The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:

• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• The (UK) National Archives
• Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
• ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry

Additional Source:

• Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
• Researcher : Bruce Littley