VOELKER John

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Service No.: 2892
Rank: Private
Other Ranks: Trooper
Unit: 2 Light Horse Regiment
Other Units: 1 Light Horse Regiment
Town: Dulong, via Nambour
Adopted: Yes
Date of Birth: 12 December, 1897
Place of Birth: Nambour, Queensland
Date Enlisted: 8 January, 1916
Ship Sailed On: RMS Malwa
Date Ship Sailed: 22 July, 1916
Ship Sailed From: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Soldiers History: John Voelker was the son of George William and Maria Voelker (nee Foyne). He spent his early years on his parent`s farm at Dulong in the Nambour District. The family later moved to Ormiston and enlistment he was listed as a farmer. He served in Egypt throughout World War I where he was wounded in April 1918. He also contracted malaria and was hospitalised for two months between November 1918 and January 1919. After his discharge from the AIF he went to the goldfields at Bulolo in New Guinea where he again suffered from malaria. He returned to Queensland and began the Redland Bay to Brisbane bus run. His health deteriorated and he moved to Shepperd Street Brighton. John was buried in the Anzac section of Lutwyche Cemetery on 4 August 1952. He was not married.
Battles Fought: Egypt
Victory Medal
British War Medal
If died in the war: Returned to Australia
Date Returned to Australia: 19 April, 1919
Date of Death: 4 August, 1952
Place of Death: Brighton, Queensland
Age at Death: 55
Where Buried: Lutwyche Cemetery, Kedron, Queensland
Sources: Australian War Memorial - www.awm.gov.au National Archives of Australia- WWI - Service Records - www.naa.gov.au Brisbane City Council Grave Location search - http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/community/community-support/funeral-planning-and-grave-search/grave-location-search/index.htm Voelker Family Tree - ancestry.com.au
Name of Researcher: Linda

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