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John Joseph Mowforth 1885 - 1954

John Joseph Mowforth of Yarram Australia was born in 1885 in Langley Moor, Durham County, England United Kingdom. He was married to Florence Bertha (Wills) Mowforth, and had children Elizabeth Bertha (Mowforth) Strong, Margaret (Mowforth) Robinson, and Frances (Mowforth) Parry. John Mowforth died at age 68 years old on November 16, 1954 in Yarram, VIC Australia, and was buried at Yarram Cemetery in Yarram, Wellington Shire County.

John Joseph Mowforth
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Yarram Australia
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1885
Langley Moor, Durham County, England, United Kingdom
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Yarram, VIC, Australia
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    Family sailed from England in 1890 to W.A. Enlisted in A.I.F. 23 March 1915 at age 35 Address Torbay near Albany W.A. Occupation Grocer. Returned to Australia on 17 March 1917. Married Florence Wills on 29th January 1927, at Elwood. Messrs. F. Scott and J. J. Mowforth represented Returned Soldiers at the Win-the-War rally at Sale, Vic. Yarram Lawn Bowls 1935 Spoon Competition won by J. J. Mowforth.
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    16 Battalion 14th Reinforcement Enlisted 23 March 1915 Unit embarked from Fremantle 12 Feb. 1916 on the HMAT A28 Miltiades. Age at embarkation 31. Address Torbay via Albany Western Australia Occupation ..Grocer.
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    The Age, Melbourne. November 1954. MOWFORTH. - On November 16 at his residence, Commercial road, Yarram, John Joseph, beloved husband of Bertha, and loving father of Frances ( Mrs.L Parry ), Betty and Margaret, aged 89 years ( late 1st A.I.F. ). The Age, Melbourne, November 1955. - In Memoriam. MOWFORTH. - In loving memory of my dear husband, Jack, passed away November 16, 1954, loved father of Frances, Betty and Margaret. -Always in my thoughts.
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In 1885, in the year that John Joseph Mowforth was born, Germany's Karl Benz built the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, which had an internal combustion engine. It is considered to be the world's first automobile. The Benz cost $150 - just under $4,000 in today's money.
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In 1903, at the age of 18 years old, John was alive when the first World Series of American baseball was played between October 1st and 13th. The Boston Americans of the American League played the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League. Boston came back from a three game to one deficit, winning the final four games to capture the title - such a large comeback wouldn't be repeated by a team until 1925. (A total of eight games were played.)
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Mowforth, Cheryl (Jan 4, 1947 - Aug 15, 1995) Mowforth, Stanley (c. 1918 - Feb 18, 1941) Mowforth, Bertha (May 15, 1897 - May 13, 1975) Mowforth, John (1857 - Aug 15, 1941) Mowforth, Frances (Jan 1857 - May 18, 1929) Parry, Frances Strong, Elizabeth (Jul 24, 1930 - Oct 9, 2021) Robinson, Margaret (Born Sep 7, 1933) Mowforth, William (1877 - 1961) Mowforth, Charles (1887 - 1966)
Mowforth, Leonard (1881 - 1960) Thring , Sarah (Aug 15, 1879 - Jul 26, 1963) Mowforth, George Mowforth, Isabella Mowforth, Joseph Mowforth, Emily (1878 - Dec 14, 1951) Mowforth, Thorna (Jan 16, 1917 - 1952) Mowforth, Agnes Mowforth, Leonard (Born Jan 14, 1914) Mowforth, May
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