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Died: 14th July 1917. Died of Wounds France.
Mother: Mary Jane Wynn. nee: Clark. (1869-1935)
John Thomas Wynn enlisted on the 9th of November 1916 with the 3rd Reinforcements, C
Company 33rd Battalion. John embarked for England on board HMAT A68 "Anchises" on the 24th of
August 1916 and disembarked at Devonport on the 9th of July 1916. John was Promoted to Lance
Corporal on the 4th of May 1916 and embarked with the Battalion on the 21st of November 1916 from
Southampton, England for France.
John was Promoted in the Field to Temporary Corporal on the 13th of July 1917 after
Corporal: 985 Clement Fairfax MORRISBY was wounded in Action. The next day John was admitted
to the 11th field Ambulance after he was Wounded in Action and
had his Right Arm and Left Leg Amputated. John
Died of Wounds in France on the 14th of July 1917.
June 1917 (Dick Bloomfield recalls); Just at dusk the first German plane came
over, flying very low and comming out of the haze from the rear. Two airman gazed over at us.
"Now we will get some shells", I said to Corporal WYNN. We had been picking out a
line to erect barbed wire. Sergeant Russell had a well-prepared Lewis Gun position away from the
main German trench, but Fritz landed fair on it. Bill Reeves, No:2 gunner, had his arm blown
right off at the shoulder. "Any one seen my arm?" he asked, and , refusing all aid, walked out
alone. Another shell burst over Corporal WYNN and myself, my share being a good
"Blighty", a term we used for a wound severe enough to warrant a spell in an English Hospital.
(Edwards J; Never a Backward Step)
Diary of Private: 885 Frederick Richard TRIBE. C company Signaller 33rd Battalion AIF.
The War Graves Photographic Project (in association with the CWGC)
John was a 18 year old Farm Labourer from Pallamallawa, Moree, New South Wales upon enlistment
and his mother Mary Jane Wynn of Gravesend, New South Wales was listed as his next of kin.
His parents James and Mary Wynn were married in 1891 at Tamworth, N.S.W. Marriage Cert:
7494/1891 and had at least 5 children. Minnie Wynn born 1895 at Coonababarabran, N.S.W.
Birth Cert:12115/1895. John Thomas Wynn born 1897 at Carroll, N.S.W.
(No Birth Record) and died in 1917, France. Unnamed Female born 1899 at
Tamworth, N.S.W. Birth Cert:25429/1899 and died in 1899 at Tamworth, N.S.W. Death Cert:10975/1899.
Arthur Wynn born 1901 at Tamworth, N.S.W. Birth Cert:7758/1901 and died in 1902 at Warialda,
N.S.W. Dearh Cert:3386/1902. Leslie F Wynn born 1903 at Warialda, N.S.W. Birth Cert:17016/1903.
John's Memorial Plaque: 327457 to John Thomas Wynn was acquired in
November 2004 and is now in the collection. John's Plaque was first issued to his mother Mary on the
31st August 1922. John is commemerated in perpetuity by the Commonweath War Graves Commission.
(Australian National Archives)
Updated 26/11/2006-29/09/2009.
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