Jack Wearmouth

Legacy

World War One service

Obituary

SEBASTOPOL Dedicated to the memory of two brave boys, Stanley (Narrote) Thomas and Jack Wearmouth, natives of Sebastopol, whose ages were divided only by a few weeks. They played together as children, and were educated at the State school of that town. From the commencement of the Great War they evinced a strong desire to enlist for the Front, atlhough undcr the age of 18 years, but their parents refused consent, fearing that the boys were too young to bear the stress of battle. The lads, however, were determined, and succeeded in gaining their parents' permission to don the khaki on attaining their 18th birthday. On 27th May. 1916 they sailed with the 39th Battalion on the troopship "Ascanius." They went into action together in the battle of Passchendaele, France, on 12th October, 1917, side by side, and were killed by the same shell. They were faithful chums to the end, and are still together "Somewhere over there," paecefully resting beneath a hero's little cross.

See also

Stanley Thomas

Sebastopol

External links

http://theminer.net.au/sebastopol-remembers-wwi/

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--Clare K.Gervasoni 00:09, 31 December 2015 (AEDT)