UNSWORTH, Roy Lovell
| Service Number: | 4735 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Henty, Greater Hume Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Kew, Victoria, Australia, February 1975, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 17 February 1975 and the remains were scattered |
| Memorials: | Henty Memorial Wall |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4735, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 13 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4735, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Isaac Unsworth and Lucy Caswell Unsworth nee Read of 'Parkhurst', Warwick Road, Bowes Park, London, England. Brother of Isaac Unsworth who returned to Australia on 1 February 1919 having served with the Australian Flying Corps
31 January 1916 - enlisted at Casula with the 18th Battalion and with the rank of Private
9 November 1916 - wounded. Wound to the right shoulder
9 January 1917 - transferred to the 2nd Pioneer Battalion
Commenced return to Australia on 6 October 1919 aboar HT Pakeha disembarking on 24 November at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
17 Janaury 1920 - discharged at the 2nd Military District
During 1928c Roy married Ada Camila Lillian Baldwin in Victoria