NEWMAN, William Harold
| Service Number: | V9379 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 January 1917, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Brigadier |
| Last Unit: | HQ Transport Command |
| Born: | Marrickville, New South Wales, 11 July 1889 |
| Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway official |
| Died: | Illness, Australia, 9 March 1943, aged 53 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 7 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Major, Railway Unit (AIF), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Major, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Brigadier, V9379 | |
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| 29 Oct 1940: | Enlisted V9379, Royal Park, Victoria | |
| 25 Feb 1943: | Promoted Brigadier, HQ Transport Command |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"Army Railway Chief Dies After Promotion
Brigadier W. H. Newman, Secretary of the NSW Railways Department, died today in Melbourne, aged 54. One of Australia's leading railway experts, he was on loan to the Commonwealth, holding the position of Director-General of Transportation in the Army Department. Last Thursday week, the day on which he received his promotion from the rank of colonel, he was operated on in a military hospital. The late Brigadier Newman entered the NSW railway service in Goulburn, where he was born, as an apprentice clerk, 38 years ago. In the last war, he was granted leave to enlist in the AIF, and, with the rank of major, he held important railway transport commands in France. In 1919, he resumed railway duty as personal secretary to the late James Fraser, then Chief Railways Commissioner, became Assistant-Secretary for Railways in 1925, and Secretary in 1930. In 1929, with the present Commissioner (Mr. Hartigan), then Chief Accountant Mr. Newman visited Europe and the United States.
In his youth, he was a leading Rugby Union footballer, and played with the Eastern Suburbs club. He leaves a widow and two children. His son, Jack, is a captain in Army Intelligence. His daughter is married to a member of the AIF. The Commissioner for Railways, (Mr. Hartigan) said today that Brigadier Newman's death was a tremendous loss. "He was a railway officer of exceptional ability," said Mr. Hartigan. A full military funeral will be accorded Brigadier Newman, who will be cremated at Springvale Crematorium tomorrow." - from the Sydney Sun 09 Mar 1943
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