RAINSBURY, Samuel Royston George
Service Number: | 610 |
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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, 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 | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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