Menzies, John (753) aka Jock
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC
Age: 26 years 11 months
Enlistment Details: Tuesday, 15 September 1914 – Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 753 view online service record
Address:
172 Stokes Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
A Menzies (father)
172 Stokes Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Tuesday, 22 December 1914
Ship: HMAT Ulysses A38
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
Fate:
RTA: Wednesday, 20 November 1918
Discharged: Wednesday, 5 March 1919
Jock went to Graham Street School and Nott Street School. He played ten games for Port Melbourne Football Club and four for St Kilda. He also played for Port Railway United. He enlisted with a Railway United teammate, Tom Cleland.
1915 ‘Footballer-Soldier Wounded.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 22 May, p. 2, viewed 30 April, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91166889