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Bombardier John Garth
55th Bty, 'O' Siege Barigade, Australian
Field Artillery
Born in 1894 at St Ann, Alderney. Son of 50 year old
Sergeant Thomas James Garth, A.I.F (ex-4th Royal Fusiliers)
who was KIA in 1916 at Villers-Bretonneux, Departement
de la Somme, Picardie, France and husband of Sarah Ann
Garth(née Martin), of Mowbray, Launceston, Tasmania.
John Garth married Josephine Gertrude Smith from Australia
in 1919