John Morley Punshon (SN 1895) born in Ballarat, was a 22 year old teacher at Moorookyle when he enlisted at Ballarat on April 17th 1916. He trained at the NCO school at Geelong before embarking aboard the Orontes on August 16th and sailing to England. He served in different roles at the 10th Training Battalion until he joined the 39th Infantry Battalion in France in January 1918. In March he suffered a gunshot wound to his left arm and was evacuated to hospital in England. His recovery was not sufficient for him to return to the battlefield, so he was transferred to the staff at the 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital until the war ended. He returned to Australia aboard the Margha, disembarked at Melbourne on March 5th 1919 and was discharged 'medically unfit, nervous debility’ on April 27th.