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John Joel Mcluckie Heeps

John Joel Mcluckie Heeps

Male 1897 - 1967  (70 years)

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  • Name John Joel Mcluckie Heeps 
    Born Jan 1897  Carlton, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1915 
    butcher 
    Residence Mar 1915  30 Gourlay Street, Balaclava, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1919  [1
    clerk 
    Residence 1919  47 Surrey Road,Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Occupation 12 Aug 1921  [2
    dairyman 
    Residence 12 Aug 1921  39 Fawkner Street, Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    emmigration 15 Mar 1935  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Departed on board the Balranald for Melbourne, Australia
    Military Award British War Medal 
    Military Award Victory Medal 
    Occupation 15 Mar 1935  [3
    dairyman 
    Residence 15 Mar 1935  47 Argyll Street, Dunoon, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Immigration Apr 1935  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Arrived on board the Balranald from London
    Name Sonny 
    Residence Apr 1935  8 Newstead Street, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Occupation 1942  [1
    fruiterer 
    Residence 1942  101 Church Street, Brighton, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    _UID 147EE53803754C8AA4722A37D694F94E259E 
    Died 24 Feb 1967  Noble Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5771  My Big Tree
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2021 

    Father Thomas Mcluckie Heeps,   b. 21 May 1850, Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1932, Villiers St, Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Wood,   b. 15 Jun 1864, Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 1951, Wynstay Crescent, Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 1884  Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F1876  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marjorie Mailor Watt,   b. 6 Feb 1903, 3 Leyden Street, Maryhill, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jan 1986, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 1925  Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2021 
    Family ID F1898  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Prior to enlisting in the Australian Imperial Forces John (Sonny) was a member of the Senior Cadets.
      His first enlistment papers show he was 18 years and 2 months old on 31 Mar 1915. The papers also give his name as Joel John McLuckie Heeps, single, and residing at 30 Gourlay Street, Balaclava, VIC.
      On enlistment he became Pte. 9391/ 15th Reinforcements/14th Battalion.
      1916, he embarked on the "Ulysses" from Melboune to Egypt. On 3 May 1916 he marched out to Tel el Kebir, where he joined the Light Horse Field Ambulance. Tel el Kebir is 110 kms NNE of Cairo and 75 kms south of Port Said and was a large training centre for Australian reinforcements. On 22nd May he was admitted to the 15th General Hospital suffering from myocarditis, an inflammation of the muscular part of the heart. Eventually on 15 Jun he was transferred to the Hospital at Abbassia, Cairo, from where he was embarked on the "Karoola" ex Suez. The Karoola set sail for Australia on 5 Jul 1916 and arrived Melbourne on 3rd Aug. On 8th Sep 1916 John was given his medical discharge as medically unfit for duty. However he re-enlisted in the AIF, for service in Australia, This enlistment took place at Carlton, VIC, 24 days after he was supposedly "unfit for duty".
      He was a Corporal when on 24 Jan 1918 he was charged with being "Improperly dressed -wearing collar- (he) buttoned up jacket when approaching." For this he was reprimanded. This was his first ever charge.
      Sonny did receive another charge, 15 Jan 1919, that he stated that a form had not been received when it had been. For this he was admonished.
      The records available do not give his discharge date from the AIF.
      In 1923 he enquired why his invalid pension was not being sent and he was informed that the pension had been cancelled because he had not presented himself for a medical for which he had been notified of. Trouble was that the department had sent the notification, to appear, to his old address.
      He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.

      Military records downloaded from National Archives of Australia, 86 images

  • Sources 
    1. [S223] Australian Electoral Roll, (Digital images.), digital images (Reliability: 4).

    2. [S371] Police Record (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S62] Passenger Manifest (Reliability: 4).

    4. [S77] Terry Stewart (Reliability: 3).