John is a descendant of the three Kent brothers who came from England in the early 1800's and set up as orchardists in East Doncaster.
When he left school, he worked on orchards owned by the Petty and Whitten families. He served with the A.I.F, in New Guinea in the second World War and on discharge, teamed up with his brother Peter as orchardists in Williamson’s Road. He played football with Doncaster Football Club where he is a life member and later coached the junior teams. He encouraged his sons and daughters in scouts and guides respectively and served as a Scout Master for ten years. He has been active in the Doncaster RSL, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Austin Hospital church services and Scripture Union youth camps over many years.
John and his wife Norma have six children and thirteen grandchildren.
Source: 1999 06 DTHS Newsletter
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