John Macquarie ANTILL (1866

John Macquarie ANTILL (1866 - 1937)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Ruth ANTILL Joan M ANTILL (1902 - )	John Macquarie ANTILL (1866 - 1937) + Agnes Marion WILLSALLEN (1880 - )	John Macquarie ANTILL (1822 - 1900)	Henry Colden ANTILL (1779 - 1852)

			Eliza WILLS (1802 - 1858)	Edward Spencer WILLS (1778 - 1811)
				Sarah HARDING (1776 - 1823)
		Jessie Hassall CAMPBELL (1834 - 1917)	Robert Mackay CAMPBELL (1806 - 1885)

			Ann HASSALL (1808 - 1891)	Roland HASSALL (1768 - 1820)
				Elizabeth COVER (1766 - 1834)

Pic P1. picture taken 1922

Pic 1. picture taken 1922

b. 26 Jan 1866 at Picton, NSW, Australia

m. 1901 Agnes Marion WILLSALLEN (1880 - ) at Sydney, NSW, Australia

d. 01 Mar 1937 at Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia aged 71

Near Relatives of John Macquarie ANTILL (1866 - 1937)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Henry Colden ANTILL	01 May 1779	New York, NY, USA	14 Aug 1852	'Jarvisfield', Picton, NSW, Australia	73
Grandmother	Eliza WILLS	10 Sep 1802	Sydney, NSW, Australia	30 Sep 1858	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	56
Grandfather	Robert Mackay CAMPBELL	1806	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	1885	Jarvisfield, Picton, NSW, Australia	79
Grandmother	Ann HASSALL	1808	Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia	1891	Burrowa, NSW, Australia	83

Father in Law	Thomas Polk WILLSALLEN	abt 1835	Ballina, Ireland	08 Mar 1911	Point Piper, Sydney, NSW, Australia	76

Father	John Macquarie ANTILL	30 May 1822	Liverpool, NSW, Australia	1900	Picton, NSW, Australia	78
Mother	Jessie Hassall CAMPBELL	28 Mar 1834	Cobbitty, Narellan, NSW, Australia	07 Feb 1917	Picton, NSW, Australia	82

Self	John Macquarie ANTILL	26 Jan 1866	Picton, NSW, Australia	01 Mar 1937	Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia	71

Wife	Agnes Marion WILLSALLEN	1880	Gunnedah, NSW, Australia

Daughter	Ruth ANTILL
Daughter	Joan M ANTILL	1902	Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Sister	Margaret Campbell ANTILL	04 Jul 1852	Picton, NSW, Australia	21 Oct 1906	Picton, NSW, Australia	54
Sister	Celia Farrington ANTILL	22 Feb 1855	Jarvisfield, Picton, NSW, Australia	1860	Picton, NSW, Australia	5
Brother	John Macquarie ANTILL	09 Jun 1857	Picton, NSW, Australia	27 Dec 1859	Picton, NSW, Australia	2
Brother	Robert Henry ANTILL	31 May 1859	Picton, NSW, Australia	13 Jul 1938	Picton, NSW, Australia	79
Sister	Celia Farrington ANTILL	13 Oct 1861	Picton, NSW, Australia	10 Jan 1928	Picton, NSW, Australia	66
Sister	Selina Johnson ANTILL	09 Oct 1863	Picton, NSW, Australia	1920	Picton, NSW, Australia	57
Brother	Edward Augustus ANTILL	04 Dec 1867	Picton, NSW, Australia	19 Mar 1905	Queenscliffe, Victoria, Australia	37
Brother	Guy Forrest ANTILL	01 Nov 1869	Picton, NSW, Australia	16 Jun 1960	Bowral, NSW, Australia	90
Sister	Elizabeth Ann ANTILL	30 Jun 1871	Picton, NSW, Australia	29 Mar 1927	Picton, NSW, Australia	55

Aunt	Margaret Campbell ANTILL	27 Jun 1820	Sydney, NSW, Australia	22 Jul 1849	Camden, Oaks, Picton, Stonequarry, NSW	29
Uncle	Henry Colden ANTILL	07 Apr 1826	Camden, NSW, Australia	1913	Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia	87
Aunt	Teresa Ellen HATCH			1882	Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia
Aunt	Alice Sophia ANTILL	1827	Liverpool, NSW, Australia	1920	London, Middlesex, England	93
Uncle	Henry MOGGRIDGE	abt 1829		22 May 1866	London, Middlesex, England	37
Uncle	William Redfern ANTILL	1828	Campbelltown, NSW, Australia	1905	Picton, NSW, Australia	77
Aunt	Mary Susan BELL			1905	Picton, NSW, Australia
Uncle	Thomas Wills ANTILL	1829	Campbelltown, NSW, Australia	18 May 1865	Nelson, New Zealand	36
Aunt	Sarah Maria MCKEE			03 Mar 1853	Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Aunt	Isabella FISHER	22 Sep 1836	Tasmania, Australia	28 Oct 1875	Victoria, Australia	39
Uncle	Edward Spencer ANTILL	20 Jul 1832	Picton, NSW, Australia	1917	Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia	85
Aunt	Mary CAMPBELL
Uncle	James Alexander ANTILL	1834	Cobbitty, Narellan, NSW, Australia	1920	Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia	86
Aunt	Emma C POINTON	abt 1834		1862	Victoria, Australia	28
Aunt	Susannah Caroline WILD	15 Oct 1846	Vanderville, Picton, NSW, Australia	1885	Armidale, NSW, Australia	39
Aunt	Florence Mary WAUCH	1870	Armidale, NSW, Australia	1961	Walcha, NSW, Australia	91
Aunt	Selina Elizabeth ANTILL	1837	Cobbitty, Narellan, NSW, Australia	1924	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	87
Uncle	Robert Francis POCKLEY	1823	London, Middlesex, England	1892	St. Leonards, NSW, Australia	69
Uncle	Loftus Cliff ANTILL	06 Dec 1839	Stonequarry, Picton, NSW, Australia	1840	Stonequarry, Picton, NSW, Australia	1

Cousin	Alice Eliza ANTILL	26 Jul 1852	'Jarvisfield', Picton, NSW, Australia	1938	Ashfield, NSW, Australia	86
Cousin	Henry Colden ANTILL	14 Jun 1854	Stonequarry, Picton, NSW, Australia	1932	Gundagai, NSW, Australia	78
Cousin	Theresa Evaline ANTILL	1857	Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia	1926	Balmain, NSW, Australia	69
Cousin	Mary E ANTILL	16 Jan 1857	Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia	05 Nov 1897	Leichhardt, Sydney, NSW, Australia	40
Cousin	William Edward ANTILL	1858	Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia	1940	Granville, NSW, Australia	82
Cousin	Robert Hatch ANTILL	1861	Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia	1949	Manly, NSW, Australia	88
Cousin	Mary E MOGGRIDGE	28 Apr 1857	Berrima, NSW, Australia
Cousin	John Antill MOGGRIDGE	19 Sep 1858	Berrima, NSW, Australia
Cousin	Francis W ANTILL	1862	Picton, NSW, Australia	1862	Picton, NSW, Australia	0
Cousin	Georgiana E ANTILL	1864	Picton, NSW, Australia	02 Jan 1865		1
Cousin	Grace Isabel ANTILL	1871	Picton, NSW, Australia
Cousin	Florence Augusta ANTILL	1873	Picton, NSW, Australia	1960	Sydney, NSW, Australia	87
Cousin	Sarah Georgina ANTILL	1875	Picton, NSW, Australia	1964	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	89
Cousin	Estelle Emma Voss ANTILL	1877	Picton, NSW, Australia	1952	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	75
Cousin	William Redfern ANTILL	1879	Picton, NSW, Australia	1880	Picton, NSW, Australia	1
Cousin	Edith Helen Wills ANTILL	1881	Picton, NSW, Australia	1979		98
Cousin	Ida B ANTILL	1884	Picton, NSW, Australia
Cousin	Hilda Redfern ANTILL	1888	Picton, NSW, Australia	1943	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	55
Cousin	Marie Eliza ANTILL	20 Feb 1852	Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Cousin	Henry (Harry) William ANTILL	23 May 1855	Willoughby, Sydney, NSW, Australia	04 Jan 1914		58
Cousin	Fanny Jessie ANTILL	27 Aug 1857	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	03 Mar 1910	Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia	52
Cousin	Charlotte Maud ANTILL	01 Jul 1860	Barr, Victoria, Australia	19 May 1865		4
Cousin	Mary Emily ANTILL	10 Jun 1863	Picton, NSW, Australia
Cousin	Jessie Macquarie ANTILL	20 Dec 1857	Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia	02 Jan 1939	Albury, NSW, Australia	81
Cousin	Edward S ANTILL	1859	Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia	1913	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	54
Cousin	Julia Campbell ANTILL	25 Sep 1861	Picton, NSW, Australia	26 Aug 1945	North Sydney, NSW, Australia	83
Cousin	Horace Sunderland ANTILL	1867	Binalong, NSW, Australia	1935	North Sydney, NSW, Australia	68
Cousin	Harley Campbell ANTILL	1869	Goulburn, NSW, Australia	1934	Manly, NSW, Australia	65
Cousin	Philip Somer (Jack) ANTILL	1871	Goulburn, NSW, Australia	1959	Nyngan, NSW, Australia	88
Cousin	Stanley Ross E ANTILL	1872	Goulburn, NSW, Australia	1949	North Sydney, NSW, Australia	77
Cousin	Margaret Wills ANTILL	1874	Goulburn, NSW, Australia
Cousin	Arthur Johnston ANTILL	1877	Dubbo, NSW, Australia	12 Sep 1934	Albury, NSW, Australia	57
Cousin	Edwin (Elwin) Davidson ANTILL	1879	Dubbo, NSW, Australia	1959	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	80
Cousin	Henry Colden ANTILL	1857	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	1923	Perth, WA, Australia	66
Cousin	Isabella Jessie ANTILL	1861	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	1932	Tingha, NSW, Australia	71
Cousin	Ada Isabel ANTILL	1870	Gympie, Queensland, Australia	1906	Sydney, NSW, Australia	36
Cousin	Alice Eliza ANTILL	1871	Queensland, Australia	1960	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	89
Cousin	Theodora Edith ANTILL	04 May 1873	Queensland, Australia	1901	Murrumburrah, NSW, Australia	28
Cousin	Emmeline Nelly ANTILL	12 Aug 1874	Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia	29 Jan 1875	Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia	0
Cousin	Loftus Cliff ANTILL	1876	Armidale, NSW, Australia	1877	Armidale, NSW, Australia	1
Cousin	Aleck E ANTILL	1878	Armidale, NSW, Australia
Cousin	Loftus C ANTILL	1879	Armidale, NSW, Australia	1968	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	89
Cousin	Robert A ANTILL	1881	Armidale, NSW, Australia	1882	Armidale, NSW, Australia	1
Cousin	Eileen M ANTILL	1884	Armidale, NSW, Australia
Cousin	Florence Zoe ANTILL	1890	Armidale, NSW, Australia	1961	Tamworth, NSW, Australia	71
Cousin	Robert L ANTILL	20 Feb 1891	Armidale, NSW, Australia	1896	Walcha, NSW, Australia	5
Cousin	Doris Ruth ANTILL	1893	Walcha, NSW, Australia
Cousin	Robert Fulcher POCKLEY	1855	NSW, Australia	03 Jan 1860	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	5
Cousin	Francis Antill (Frank) POCKLEY	1857	St. Leonards, NSW, Australia	1941	Hornsby, NSW, Australia	84
Cousin	Arthur Bingham POCKLEY	1859	NSW, Australia	26 Jan 1860	St. Leonards, NSW, Australia	1
Cousin	Alice Isabel (Ella) POCKLEY	1861		1944	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	83
Cousin	Henry (Harry) Richardson POCKLEY	1863	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	19 Aug 1926	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	63
Cousin	Florence Augusta POCKLEY	1866	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	1945	Mosman, NSW, Australia	79
Cousin	Ethel Ernestine (Esther) POCKLEY	1868	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	abt 1895		27
Cousin	Norman Vanderbyl POCKLEY	1870	St. Leonards, NSW, Australia	1910	Ashfield, NSW, Australia	40
Cousin	Kathleen Mabel POCKLEY	1872	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	1959	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	87
Cousin	Edith Muriel (Gill) (twin) POCKLEY	1873	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	1952	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	79
Cousin	Eustace Mitford (twin) POCKLEY	1873	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	21 Nov 1874	St. Leonards, NSW, Australia	1
Cousin	Harold Campbell POCKLEY	19 Nov 1874	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	1941	Petersham, Sydney, NSW, Australia	67
Cousin	Eric Osbaldiston POCKLEY	1876	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	1956	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	80
Cousin	Enid Marguerite POCKLEY	1879		1970	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	91
Cousin	Helen Marjorie POCKLEY	1882	Picton, NSW, Australia	1974	NSW, Australia	92

Niece	Lilian Leila WADE-BROWN	13 Jul 1873	Gin Gin, Queensland, Australia	02 Dec 1961	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	88
Niece	Margaret Allice WADE-BROWN	08 May 1875	Goulburn, NSW, Australia	28 Aug 1950	Bowral, NSW, Australia	75
Niece	Elsie Ellen WADE-BROWN	1877	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Unnamed male WADE-BROWN	17 May 1878	Queensland, Australia	1878	Queensland, Australia	0
Niece	Mildred WADE-BROWN	1879	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Nugent WADE-BROWN	1882	Picton, NSW, Australia	1964	Queensland, Australia	82
Nephew	Keith Colstoun WADE-BROWN	1883	Berrima, NSW, Australia	1953	McKinlay, Queensland, Australia	70
Niece	Christian Jean de Gifford WADE-BROWN	1895	Picton, NSW, Australia
Nephew	John Macquarie Christian ANTILL	1903	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Frederick M LASSETTER	1892	Woollahara, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Sister in Law	Daisy WILLSALLEN
Brother in Law	Percy Stanley WILLSALLEN
Brother in Law	Thomas Leslie WILLSALLEN
Brother in Law	Edwin Herbert WILLSALLEN	abt 1875		1918	Baltimore, USA	43
Brother in Law	Nugent WADE-BROWN			1919	Sydney, NSW, Australia
Sister in Law	Lilian M CHRISTIAN
Sister in Law	Ida Wren BENTLEY			1963	Sydney, NSW, Australia
Brother in Law	Harry B LASSETTER	abt 1860		17 Feb 1926	Sydney, NSW, Australia	66

Events in John Macquarie ANTILL (1866 - 1937)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
26 Jan 1866		John Macquarie ANTILL was born	Picton, NSW, Australia	Note 1	54
1900	34	Death of father John Macquarie ANTILL (aged 78)	Picton, NSW, Australia	Note 2	52, 54, 60
1900	34	Military Service	South Africa	see fathers death notice
1901	35	Married Agnes Marion WILLSALLEN (aged 21)	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 3	52
1902	36	Birth of daughter Joan M ANTILL	Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 4	52
07 Feb 1917	51	Death of mother Jessie Hassall CAMPBELL (aged 82)	Picton, NSW, Australia	Note 5	52, 54, 60
1930	64	Residence	16 East Esplanade, Manly, NSW	Note 6	37
1933	67	Residence	'Tredowen', Cliff St, Manly, NSW	Note 7	37
01 Mar 1937	71	John Macquarie ANTILL died	Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 8	52, 54

Note 1: Reg No 13749/1866 - John M and Jessie H

Note 2: Reg No 6748/1900

Goulburn Herald 6 June 1900
DIED. ANTILL—June 4, at Jarvisfield, Picton, JOHN MACQUARIE ANTILL, eldest son of the late Major H. C. Antill, A.D.C. H.M. 73rd Regiment, aged seventy-eight years.

Note 3: Reg No 8114/1901 - ANTILL John M and WILLSALLEN Agnes M

Note 4: Reg No 21905/1902 - John M and Agnes M

Note 5: Reg No 787/1917 - Robert M and Anne

Sydney Morning Herald 9 Feb 1917
ANTILL. - February 7, at Jarvisfield, Picton, Jessie Hassall, widow of the late John Macquarie Antill, in her 83rd year.

Note 6: ANTILL John Macquarie Rothsay - retired general

Note 7: ANTILL John Macquarie - retired soldier
ANTILL de WARREN Rose Evelyn - journalist (at same address) - see notes under John Macquarie - his adopted daughter.

Note 8: REg No 589/1937 - John MAcquarie and Jessie HAssell

Personal Notes:

http://www.auspostalhistory.com/articles/1721.shtml website describing this postcard, also lots of onfo on three generations of the Antill family

The Sydney Morning Herald 28 Feb 1906
Lieutenant-Colonel John Macquarie Antill, C.B.. A.D.C. to the Governor, Chief Instructor of Light Horse on the Instructional staff of the military forces, retires from the service on March 25. His retirement practically dates from March 1, when he begins his 25 days' leave of absence. Some time back he asked for six months' leave. This was refused, and he applied for half the term, slgnifylng his intention of retiring at the ex- piration of the period. This request was also refused, and consequently his retirement will date from March 25, when the leave he has been granted expires. Colonel Antill, who is 40 years of age, has proved an acquisition to the military forces since he joined 20 years ago. He began soldiering in the ranks of the New South Wales Volunteer Reserves, and after three years in that regiment formed the Picton Squadron of Mounted Rifles, which he commanded. In 1893 he joined the staff under Major-General Hutton, and went to England and India for 12 months' training. On his return to New South Wales he was appointed adjutant of the New South Wales Mounted Rifles. At the end of 1899 he went to South Africa in command of the First Contingent of Mounted Rifles. After a hard time at the front under several Generals, the regiment returned home early in 1901. When the Second Regiment of Mounted Rifles went to South Africa Colonel Antill, as major, was second in command under Colonel Lassettcr. He was mentioned in despatches, and was decorated by the King with the Companionship of the Military Order of the Bath. It Is Colonel Antlll's intention to devote bis energies to pastoral and agricultural pursuits in the northern district.

The Argus 17 Sept 1912
HUSBAND'S PETITION.
WIFE "TIRED OF THE BUSH.'
SYDNEY, Monday. - In the Divorce Court to-day Colonel John MacQuarie Antill petitioned Mr. Justice Gordon for an order against his wife, Agnes Marion Antill, formerly Willsallen, for restitution of conjugal rights. The parties were married at Sydney in October, 1901. Petitioner stated in evidence that in 1907, when they were living at Gunnedah, his wife, after a visit to Sydney and Adelaide, said that she was tired of living in the bush, and also that she did not intend in future to live with him as his wife. Petitioner's counsel said that the respondent was understood to be in England now.
Mr. Justice Gordon made an order for respondent to return to petitioner within three months.
(DO I HAVE THE CORRECT JOHN MACQUARIE ANTILL??)

Sydney Morning Herald 17 June 1914
IN DIVORCE
His Honor made absolute the decrees nisi granted in the following suits:-John Macquarie Antill v Marian Antill.

Courier Mail 15 Aug 1936
PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED
'The Emancipist,' by Maj.-General John Macquarie Antill and his daughter, Rose Antlll-De Warren (Angus & Robertson)

Sydney Morning Herald 3 March 1937
DEATHS
ANTILL - March 1 1937 at Prince Henry Hospltal Major General John Macquarie Antill CB CMG, aged 71 years. Privately cremated. Surviving brothers R. H. Antill, Jarvisfield Picton and Guy P Antill, 23 Flood street. Bondi

Newspaper article dated 1922 based in Adelaide - claims to be a married man with two daughters aged 19 (b 1903) and 16 (b1906)

Sydney Morning Herald 19 June 1937
ANTILL-June l8, 1937, at Sydney Hospital, Rose Antill de Warren, dearly loved adopted daughter of the late Major-General Antill, C.B., O.M.G.of Sydney, and daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. de Warren, of Brisbane. Privately interred. R.I.P

Courier Mail 30 June 1937
MISS ROSE DE WARREN The death occurred suddenly in Sydney recently of Miss Rose Antill de Warren, a traveller and writer, who, as the eldest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. de Warren, Brisbane, had spent her early years in Queens land. More recently she had made her home in Sydney. She was joint author, with the late Major-General J. M. Antill, of an historcial drama en titled- 'The Emancipist,' published last year.

Australian Dictionary of Biography
ANTILL, JOHN MACQUARIE (1866-1937), soldier, was born on 26 January 1866 at Jarvisfield, Picton, New South Wales, second surviving son of John Macquarie Antill, grazier, and his wife Jessie Hassall, née Campbell. His paternal grandfather was Major Henry Colden Antill, aide-de-camp to Governor Macquarie. Educated at Sydney Grammar School, he was working as a surveyor when he joined the New South Wales Mounted Rifles in 1889. Commissioned as a captain on 19 January, he raised and commanded the Picton Squadron. Four years later he was sent to India by Major General (Sir) Edward Hutton and attached to the 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, and the 2nd Dragoon guards for training. On his return in 1894 he was commissioned in the colony's Permanent Military Forces and appointed to the instructional staff.

In November 1899 Antill was promoted major and given command of A Squadron, New South Wales Mounted Rifles. The unit saw active service in South Africa and he took part in the relief of Kimberley and operations in the Orange Free State, Transvaal and the Orange River Colony from February to November 1900. A senior officer described him as 'a dashing and capable leader in action, and remarkably cool under fire'. He returned to Australia in January 1901 but in March went back to South Africa with the 2nd Battalion, New South Wales Mounted Rifles. From April to October he saw action in western and eastern Transvaal, taking part in the capture of Potgieter's convoy on the River Vaal in May and of De La Rey's convoy of wagons, cattle, ammunition and other stores. In eastern Transvaal he was involved in many night marches which resulted in the capture of over 1000 prisoners. For his distinguished services he was appointed C.B. in 1900, twice mentioned in dispatches, awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with seven clasps, and made a brevet lieutenant-colonel. After his return home he married Marion Agnes Wills-Allen at St James's Church, Sydney, on 24 October 1901. There were two daughters of the marriage which was dissolved in 1914.

In 1902-04 Antill served on the instructional staff of the Permanent Military Forces in New South Wales and in 1904-06 was aide-de-camp to Governor-General Lord Northcote. Placed on the retired list, he worked at Jarvisfield as a grazier until 1911 when he rejoined the active list as commandant of the Special School of Instructors at Albury. In April 1914 he was promoted lieutenant-colonel and next October was appointed brigade major with the 3rd Light Horse, which embarked for Egypt on 25 February 1915. The brigade fought at Gallipoli as infantry and Antill took temporary command on 20 September during operations at Russell's Top and Monash Valley. Among the last troops to be evacuated in December, his brigade returned to Egypt and in January 1916 he was promoted substantive colonel and temporary brigadier general. After operations in the Sinai Desert, they were sent to reinforce the Anzac Mounted Division at Romani in August, arrived too late for the fighting there, but joined in pursuit of the Turks.

From 18 September Antill commanded the 2nd Infantry Brigade in operations at Ypres and the battle of the Somme, but sickness forced his evacuation to England in November. Next March he took command of the 16th Infantry Brigade, then forming on Salisbury Plain, but it was soon disbanded. Antill returned to Australia in September 1917 and his appointment with the Australian Imperial Force ended on 12 December. For his war service he was appointed C.M.G. and mentioned in dispatches. Instructional duties followed and in 1918 he became assistant adjutant general in Victoria; later that year he was appointed commandant in South Australia. In 1921-22 he was chief instructor of the Central Training Depot at Liverpool, New South Wales. He retired on 26 January 1924 with the honorary rank of major general.

In retirement, Antill spent several years at Jarvisfield and later lived at Manly and Dee Why. His pastimes were gardening, woodwork, reading and bowls. As a young man he had excelled at boxing and fencing under Larry Foley's tuition; he retained a keen interest in these sports and in horsemanship. He was also encouraged to write by his 'adopted daughter', Rose Antill de Warren, a journalist, and in 1936 they published The emancipist, a three-act drama about the life of William Redfern. After a three-year illness he died of cancer at Royal Prince Henry Hospital on 1 March 1937, and was cremated.

Tall, spare and wiry, brusque in manner and speech, Antill was recognized throughout his career as a courageous soldier, an able leader, a stern disciplinarian and a shrewd judge of men, with a flair for moulding those under his command to his ideal of what a soldier should be. This ideal was in the traditional British pattern.

Antill's brother Robert Henry (1859-1938), who inherited Jarvisfield, was a prominent pastoralist and a noted breeder of Ayrshire cattle. He was chairman of the Picton Pastures Protection Board in 1901-28 and served as district coroner for forty-two years.
Select Bibliography

Aust Defence Dept, Official Records of the Australian Military Contingents to the War in South Africa, P. L. Murray ed (Melb, 1912); A. C. N. Olden, Westralian Cavalry in the War (Melb, 1921); C. E. W. Bean, The Story of Anzac, vols 1, 2 (Syd, 1921, 1924); T. H. Darley, With the Ninth Light Horse in the Great War (Adel, 1924); H. S. Gullett, The Australian Imperial Force in Sinai and Palestine, 1914-1918 (Syd, 1923); Votes and Proceedings (Legislative Assembly, New South Wales), 1894-95 (5), 402; Reveille (Sydney), 1 June 1937; Pastoral Review, 16 Aug 1938; Punch (Melbourne), 25 Feb 1915; Sydney Morning Herald, 3 Mar 1937. More on the resources

Author: Rex Clark

Print Publication Details: Rex Clark, 'Antill, John Macquarie (1866 - 1937)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7, Melbourne University Press, 1979, pp 81-82.

Source References:

37. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Australian electoral rolls, Title: Australian Electoral Rolls, Auth: Australian government

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- Notes: ANTILL John Macquarie Rothsay - retired general

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- Notes: ANTILL John Macquarie - retired soldier
ANTILL de WARREN Rose Evelyn - journalist (at same address) - see notes under John Macquarie - his adopted daughter.

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

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54. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Ancestry Family Trees, Title: Ancestry Family Trees, Auth: Ancestry.com

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