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John Taylor Duggleby born 1887, was the second son of John and Mary (nee Taylor). He was brought up as a Methodist, living at his mother’s family farm in Arram. His father was a Beverley Town councillor and alongside the farm, ran a grocery and provisions shop in Flemingate. John emigrated from Liverpool to Melbourne in Aug 1912 as a farm labourer, but enlisted with the Army Medical Corp as a member of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in Sep 1915, giving his occupation as a Methodist clergyman.
Private John Duggleby returned to England in Mar 1917 before arriving in Etaples a month later attached to 5th Field Ambulance, AIF. He was awarded the Military Medal for service at Harbonniers in Aug 1918. John was promoted to Lance Corporal.
In Feb 1920 Rev John Taylor Duggleby married nursing sister Helen Eliza Milne in the Methodist Church, Eldorado, Melbourne. John and Helen had 2 daughters, Mary and Ruth and a son, Flight Sgt Alan Milne who died in June 1944 and is buried at Steenderen in Holland. John remained a Methodist Minister working in the South Melbourne circuit for the rest of his life. In 1933 he also became an Army Chaplain. He died in Oct 1953 and the funeral took place at Armadale Methodist Church.
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