1. Robert John Allwright Massie was an Australian first-class cricketer who played with New South Wales and represented them in the Sheffield Shield.
18 Facts About Jack Massie
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Jack Massie served in World War I as an officer in the Australian Imperial Force, seeing action at Gallipoli and on the Western Front in France.
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Jack Massie was a gifted sportsman, representing New South Wales at numerous sports.
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Jack Massie was picked in the Australian rugby squad to tour New Zealand in 1913 but had to withdraw due to study commitments.
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Jack Massie was generally an ineffective batsman but did manage a half century against Western Australia in 1912 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
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Jack Massie, who enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 17 August 1914, was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 4th Battalion on 14 September, served with distinction during the war.
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Jack Massie's battalion embarked for Egypt in October, and he was promoted lieutenant on 1 February 1915.
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Jack Massie took part in Australia's campaign at Gallipoli and in just his second day in the conflict was fortunate to survive a suicidal advance towards the Turkish lines, resulting from orders that were misunderstood by his battalion, when his commanding officer was killed, Massie tried to recover his body.
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Jack Massie was Mentioned in Despatches on 28 January 1916 for his service in the Dardanelles, and awarded the French Croix de Guerre.
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Jack Massie was Mentioned in Despatches a second time on 1 June 1917, for his actions prior to 9 April 1917.
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Jack Massie was attached to the divisional HQ during May and June 1917.
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Jack Massie received a further Mention in Despatches for his actions prior to 7 April 1918, this was gazetted on 28 May 1918, and he then received the Distinguished Service Order on 3 June 1918.
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Jack Massie's combined injuries meant he never played competitive cricket again.
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Jack Massie worked at the Ministry of Munitions to help out in World War II.
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Jack Massie's grandfather, on his mother's side, Thomas Allwright Dibbs, was an eminent banker in Sydney.
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Jack Massie married Phyllis Wood Lang at Holy Trinity Brompton, London, on 3 June 1919.
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On 20 September 1947, Jack Massie married a widow, Elizabeth Emily Squire in Washington DC.
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Jack Massie died on 14 February 1966, at the age of 75, from cancer.