WINTER, John Colinridge

  1. Service Details
  2. Personal Details
  3. Unit and Rank Details
  4. Notes
  5. Sources

Service Details

Branch of Service
Army
Conflict
World War I (1914-1918)
Date of Enlistment
11/09/1918
Date of Discharge
05/01/1919
Place of Enlistment
Sydney NSW

Personal Details

Gender
Male
Date of Birth
29/04/1897
Place of Birth
Canberra ACT
Address (at enlistment)
Campbell Street, Queanbeyan NSW (previously 'Red Hill', Gungahlin ACT)
Occupation
Motor driver
Next of Kin
Joseph Winter (father), Campbell Street, Queanbeyan NSW

Unit and Rank Details

Service Number
92095
Final Rank
Private
Final Unit
Depot

Notes

Winter was originally from 'Red Hill' (now 'Gungaderra') in Gungahlin. He married Margaret Bragg in 1922 and they had two children. According to his obituary he was born in Canberra and later owned a small property south of Tharwa and worked at the Cuppacumbalong Hereford Stud. He was cremated at Norwood Park.

Description - height 5 feet 9 inches, weight 146 pounds, chest 31-35½ inches, medium complexion, blue eyes, fair hair, Presbyterian.

Sources

NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)
Peter Procter, 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan', Canberra, Heraldry and Genealogy Society of Canberra, 2001 (p.343)
Queanbeyan Age - 19 July 1974

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