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SERGEANT JOHN JOSEPH
CLYNES born on April 1, 1894 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of John and Mary
Clynes,
both of whom had been born in Ireland. The family had moved to New
Jersey by February of 1900, when brother James was born. Three other
children had been born in Philadelphia, sisters Mary and Katie, and
brother Thomas. The Clynes family then was renting an apartment at 1565
federal street in
East Camden.
When the 1910 Census was
taken, the Clynes family had bought a home at 60
north 32nd street in
East Camden. John Clynes Jr., then 16, had
gone to work in a printing
office. He was still working as a pressman in June of 1917, when he
registered for the draft. At that time he was an employee of the
Victor Talking Machine Company factory, His father was by then a foreman
at one of the leather factories in Camden.
Drafted on May 2nd 1918, John Joseph
Clynes was sent to
Camp Dix NJ and assigned to the 4th Company, 4th Battalion, 153rd Depot
Brigade as a private. He was subsequently promoted to corporal and then
to sergeant. While stationed at Camp Dix, Sergeant Clynes contracted
tuberculosis. He was sent to Base Hospital No. 8 at Otisville NY, where
he passed away on June 24, 1919. He was 25 at the time of his death.
John Joseph Clynes was
survived by his parents, brothers Thomas and James, and sisters
Catherine and Margaret. The family still resided on North 32nd Street
into the 1920s, but had moved by April of 1930. His brother James stayed
in the area. Last a resident of Cherry Hill, he died in November of
1969.
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