58th Battalion
Killed In Action
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John Walls Lumsden (SN 4536) was born in Clarendon and attended the Scotsburn State School. At the age of 33, the unmarried farmer enlisted on July 14th 1915. He was 33 years old, unmarried and a farmer. He joined the 8th Infantry Battalion and embarked from Melbourne in January 1916 on board the Themistocles. Later he was transferred to 58th Infantry Battalion. He was killed in action at Mont St Quentin on September 2nd 1918, and is buried in the Assevillers New British Cemetery, France.
His brother James was killed at Messines in June 1917 and is honoured with a tree in the Avenue.
