Book of Remembrance entry
STERLING, JOHN HAROLD. 1905.
Queen's Coll., Maryborough; Ormond; B.A., LL.B.
April 1915, 8th rfts. 21st Btn., 2/Lt.; transf. 60th Btn. in Egypt March 1916.
Posted as "missing," and afterwards as "killed in action" at Fromelles on 19th July 1916. He was awarded the M.C. for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on that day; although wounded in the neck he continued to lead his men under very heavy machine-gun fire.
Queen's Coll., Maryborough; Ormond; B.A., LL.B.
April 1915, 8th rfts. 21st Btn., 2/Lt.; transf. 60th Btn. in Egypt March 1916.
Posted as "missing," and afterwards as "killed in action" at Fromelles on 19th July 1916. He was awarded the M.C. for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on that day; although wounded in the neck he continued to lead his men under very heavy machine-gun fire.
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?Early education at Queen's College, Maryborough, VIC, Australia
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?Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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?Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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1915Military service as 2nd Lieutenant 1 April 1915
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1916Death in Fromelles --, France 19 July 1916
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