J. P. Ditchfield

John Prescott Ditchfield was a grocer in Redan, <1900-1931>.

History
John Prescott Ditchfield was born at Ballarat East, in 1869, the son of George Prescot Ditchfield and Jane White.

In July 1903 he was included in a list of Ballarat grocers selling the "famous Chamberlain remedies."

In May 1916 he was a pall bearer at the funeral of Senior Constable Richard Blanchfield, of the Redan Police Station.

In March 1917 he was a pall bearer at the funeral of Emma Amelia Remfry.

In August 1918 he was a pall bearer at the funeral of Mrs. Isabella Laird.

In January 1919 he was a pall bearer at the funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth F. Andrew (nee Brown, daughter of a baker at Piggoreet). The funeral was held at the home of her brother-in-law, Mr. W. G. Williams, of Darling Street.

In February 1931 he was made a Justice of the Peace: "The Crown Law department has informed Mr. W. J. McAdam, M.L.A., of the appointment of Mr. J. P. Ditchfield, Drummond-street, as a justice of the peace."

In September 1939 he was elected as one of the vice-presidents of the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery.

Ditchfield died on 10 January 1945 at the St. John of God Hospital in Drummond Street: "DITCHFIELD. –On January 10, at private hospital, Ballarat. John Prescott Ditchfield, of 622 Drummond street south, Ballarat, beloved son of the late George and Jane Ditchfield, and loving brother of Emily (deceased) and Charles (deceased), aged 77 years."