John FLITCROFT

Regimental number1697
Place of birthBolton, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressSouth Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation48
Height5' 4"
Weight114.5 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs E A Flitcroft, Merivale Street, South Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date23 January 1919
Place of enlistmentWarwick, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameAustralian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Army Medical Corps
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/112/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Melusia on 13 June 1918
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board SS Melusia on 16 September 1917
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Melusia on 6 November 1918
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Melusia on 19 February 1919
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Morinda on 17 March 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Morinda on 11 August 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Morinda on 1 September 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Marsina on 28 September 1917
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Melusia on 2 October 1918
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board SS Sumatra on 10 November 1917
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Meklong on 6 September 1918
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Melusia on 18 December 1918
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Melusia on 22 August 1918
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board SS Makambo on 16 September 1917
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Matunga on 27 July 1917
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Marsina on 14 December 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Name does not appear on Nominal Roll
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial		187
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: George and Sarah FLITCROFT; husband of Mrs E. A. FLITCROFT. Native of Bolton, Lancs. England
Discharge date1 May 1920
Other detailsCommenced return to Australia on board HT 'Melusia', 28 November 1919; disembarked 23 December 1919; discharged (medically unfit), Brisbane, 1 May 1920.
Date of death29 October 1920
Age at death49
Place of burialToowong Cemetery, Queensland
SourcesNAA: B2455, FLITCROFT John