australian soldier british born australian soldier world war known prowess collecting german soldiers subject famous photo taken depicted surrounded german military equipment money looted september image best known australian photographs war born liverpool england served royal_navy worked arrived australia shortly world war began volunteered august discharged poor health early rejoined august year served western march discharged health reasons period france proved aggressive soldier gained fame collection items amassed combat frequently punished following world war lived poverty outskirts sydney death early life born liverpool aged attempted join british_army returned mother protested age successfully enlisted royal_navy discharged year contracting malaria following decades drifted jobs countries including spending years serving guide second boer war arriving australia large man body covered capable signing world war joined august falsely claiming years age year joined army worked engineer discharged medically unfit january successfully rejoined time giving age years seven months stage war medical requirements strict need reinforcements good casualties assigned departed sydney europe onboard wiltshire august completing training england joined march june year captured force germans throwing hand grenades later wounded returned battalion time september photographed september surrounded captured aggressive soldier claimed killed germans member brave battle admired fellow soldiers behaviour erratic times wartime commander described journalist tower strength battalion line enthusiasm collecting german military equipment german soldiers personal possessions known possibly outside battalion earned nickname king collected items region stolen german prisoners war kept items collected records handed unit responsible collecting items later display australia sold items collected soldiers including alcohol photograph battle wood published late title king best known australian photographs war soldiers identified collection photograph propaganda false story developed german kaiser enraged seeing away line developed record court occasions military police entries pay book absent leave claimed caught bank recorded army service record result convictions lost promotions earned acts bravery fined occasions resulting need money factors motivated looting member described normally weak man officer stated war pains neck discharged medically unfit problems arrived australia october army service file records lightly wounded occasions later claimed wounded times later years experiences world war years lived cloth bags near outskirts sydney married surrounded fence hung helmets taken german soldiers known locals school children afraid unable find consistent work lived army pension income odd jobs selling gained renewed fame photo displayed temporary sydney predecessor australian war memorial newspapers magazines aimed servicemen published profiles article magazine highlighted desperate living conditions stated unemployed years soldiers sent money response article pension doubled income ineligible relief work great depression despite poverty travelled week donate vegetables garden soldiers treated told journalist june seeking join militia hoped fight war attempted enlist military world war despite 60s rejected article published claimed attempted away troop ship found sent ashore vessel sailed january died aged buried grave unmarked mount sub branch paid renamed street lived suburb john avenue monument commemorating built nearby mount remembrance garden large version famous photograph accorded prominent position australian war memorial permanent building canberra opened photo included redevelopment memorial permanent world war exhibition short biography published historian commented wild eye deeper man skills fighting needed admired gifts peaceful society valued
John Hines (Australian soldier)