Their bodies are buried in peace; but their names liveth for evermore.
Their Duty Done
A tribute to the men and women of the East Gippsland Region who Died
as a result of their participation in World War One : 1914 - 1919
John Winnett, photographed in camp in Egypt with his horse. Courtesy Bill and Lyn Winnett.
333 Trooper John Wylie Winnett – Reedy Flat
Killed in Action 7 August 1915
….. served with the 8
th
Light Horse
John Winnett was born to William and Isabella Winnett in 1887 and grew
up with five older and four younger siblings at Reedy Flat He went to School
at Reedy Flat and was working on the family farm when he enlisted and
trained with a handful of fellow East Gippslanders including the Evans
brothers and James Moysey in the 8
th
Light Horse before embarking on the
Star of Victoria.
He sailed from Alexandria for Gallipoli on 16 May and spent two
months in battle there before dying the same day as the Evans boys and
others from wounds received from the action at the Nek. He is remembered
on several memorials in the Tambo valley. He was not the only member of
the family to serve. His younger brother Bertie saw action in France and
returned home safely while his cousin Walter Winnett was later killed in
France.
