title: John Trathen
text: # John Trathen
  
  John Vernon Trathen, MBE was Archdeacon of Kroonstad from 1968 to 1973.
  
  Trathen served in the RNVR during World War II. He was ordained in 1962. After a curacy in Bloemfontein he held incumbencies at Springfontein, Harrismith and Parkview.
  
  