Family background
John Epple was born in Albury in 1866. He was married in 1894 at Newtown to Mary McCole (1871-1917).
Local government service
John Epple was an alderman on Camperdown Council in 1908. Epple agreed in 1908 that all one-horse drawn driver’s engaged by the council should receive a living wage, namely not less than 40 shillings a week.
References
Sydney Morning Herald, 12 February 1908, p. 8