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AINSWORTH, Walter Boyd
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3058 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 September 1916, Lismore, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 14th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Ballina, New South Wales, Australia, 13 October 1887 |
| Home Town: | Ballina, Ballina, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Illness, Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia, 24 June 1940, aged 52 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium |
| Memorials: | Ballina Municipal Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3058, Lismore, New South Wales | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3058, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3058, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane | |
| 19 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3058, 14th Field Company Engineers |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Walter Boyd AINSWORTH was born in Ballina, NSW on 13th October, 1887
His parents were James AINSWORTH & Christina WILLIAMS
He married Beatrice STARR in Ballina Methodist Church on 5th May, 1920 - two known children, Merle & Dorothy
He enlisted in Lismore on 16th September, 1916 and embarked from Brisbane with the 4th Pioneer Battalion, 7th reinforcements on the HMAT Kyarra on 17th November, 1916
He returned to Australia on 10th June 1919 and was discharged on 19th September, 1919
Walter died in Canterbury in Sydney on 24th June 1940
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