Samuel Royston George RAINSBURY

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RAINSBURY, Samuel Royston George

Service Number:	610
Enlisted:	20 June 1916, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Corps Working Party
Born:	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 23 March 1900
Home Town:	Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

20 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 610, 2nd ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria
1 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 610, 2nd ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
1 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 610, 2nd ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
2 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Corps Working Party
2 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 610, Australian Corps Working Party, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to Tachycardia

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Enlisted under alias Royston Simmons

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Unstated his aged when he enlisted. His true aged was 16 years and three months. On 20 December 1918 he signed a Statutory Declaration admitting his true age

On 13 May 1918 while serving with the 2nd Cyclist Battalion he signed a Statutory Declaration that he had enlisted under the name of Roy Simmons and that his true name was in fact Samuel Royston George Rainsbury

Son of Samuel Rainsbury and Edith Alice Rainsbury nee Simmons of 'Royston', Foster Street, Williamstown, Victoria.

Brother of Alan Cameron Rainsbury, Vera Edith Rainsbury, Harold Leslie Rainsbury, Noel Keith Rainsbury, William Henry Kenneth Rainsbury and Cecilia Jane Gladys Rainsbury

Commenced return to Australia on 6 September 1919 aboard HT Plassy disembarking on the 25 October 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Samuel married Lilian Alice Hawksworth in Victoria

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