MINSTER, William Edward
| Service Number: | 27849 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 24th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 27849, 24th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Oct 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 27849, 24th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Borda, Melbourne |
William's life
Birth Reg 20018
Marriage Reg 14715
Death Reg 13869
Bendigo Advertiser
Monday 17 August 1903
Football Accident.
A lad named William Minster had his shoulder blade broken on Saturday through colliding with another youth whilst playing football.
World War 1 Service
20 Oct 1916:
Involvement Gunner, SN 27849, 24th Howitzer Brigade
20 Oct 1916:
Embarked Gunner, SN 27849, 24th Howitzer Brigade, HMAT Borda, Melbourne
27849 Gunner William Edward MINSTER
11th Field Artillery Brigade
served 2 March 1916 to 5 April 1919
Service Number: 27849
Rank: Gunner
Roll title: 24 HB [Howitzer Brigade] - 2 to 10 Reinforcements (May 1916 - February 1917)
Conflict / Operation: First World War, 1914-1918
Date of embarkation: 20 October 1916
Place of embarkation: Melbourne
Ship embarked on: HMAT Borda A30
Bendigonian (Bendigo, Vic. : 1914 - 1918) Thursday 3 August 1916
ULTIMA SOLDIERS. Ultima, 29th July. Troopers Joseph and William Minster, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Minster, of Springfield, were home for a few days this week. Mr. Wm. Minster is an ardent. golfer, and during his stay put in. some fine play on the local links, of which he is a member.
Bendigo Advertiser Friday 15 September 1916
PRESENTATIONS TO SOLDIERS
MORE LOCAL SOLDIERS.
Ultima, 14th September.
Gunners Joseph and William Minster of Springfield, farmers, wore honoured by over 150 residents of that district and Ultima last, night at their parents farmhouse prior to their final departure for camp at Sandringham. Those young men own farms of their own and at present their crops are looking particularly well and to enlist they have necessarily had to thrust the care of their farms upon the other members of the family, which is no
easy task to fulfil at harvest time when labor is so scarce. Each of the soldiers was presented with a valuable and useful token of esteem 0n behalf of their friends by Mr. John Guy. J.P. chairman, who with other speakers paid a high tribute to the young men for their self-sacrifice in the cause of their country.
Submitted 6 July 2016 by barry minster