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WALDRON, Ethelbert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2322 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 July 1917, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Australian Light Railway Operating Company |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, 3 March 1880 |
| Home Town: | Sandgate, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer/Telegraph Linesman/Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes (chronic heart disease), Liverpool, New South Wales, 6 October 1942, aged 62 years |
| Cemetery: |
Liverpool Cemetery and Crematorium, Sydney, NSW Plot: Lawn Pauper 12, Grave 252k |
| Memorials: | East Brisbane Bowling Club Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2322, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 9 Nov 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2322, Railway Unit (AIF), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2322, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne | |
| 24 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 2322, 3rd Australian Light Railway Operating Company |
Personal Stories
Bio
Born in Brisbane 3/3/180 to James Walker Waldron and Mary Bushby. Married Emma Jane Capps 2/10/1907 in Cairns. He worked as a labourer and telegraph linesman repairer. He and Emma had 6 children but it was an unhappy marriage with many separations and they finally divorced in 1920. He was a published author and won prizes for his writing. He was estranged from his family after the separation and little is known of his life afterwards. He suffered back and cardiac problems in later life and died of chronic heart disease in Sydney. He was buried in a pauper's grave in Liverpool Cemetery.
Submitted 7 November 2016 by Caryl Hodges
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