Walter Cyril LORING

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LORING, Walter Cyril

Service Numbers:	T15574, TX14141
Enlisted:	1 June 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	31 Company AASC
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 20 May 1911
Home Town:	New Town, Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia , 24 February 2001, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania
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World War 2 Service

1 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, T15574, 31 Company AASC
7 Apr 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, T15574, 31 Company AASC
8 Apr 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX14141
7 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX14141

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

One of three brothers who served in WWII (Baden, Clement and Walter), Private Walter Cyril Loring (Service Nos:T15574/TX14141) initially served in the ACMF (1 June 1942 - 7 April 1943) with AASC Training Depot before posting to 31 Coy AASC - Trade Group Butcher. Private Loring served in Darwin NT from 30 May 1941 to 9 August 1945, enlisting in the AIF on 8 April 1943. Private Loring was attached to 31 Coy AASC at Discharge on 7 November 1945.

Walter was born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1911, fifth of seven children of Clements (Clem) James Thomas Loring (b1876 in Hobart, Tasmania) and Florence Mary Lyons (b1880 in Hobart, Tasmania). Clem and Florence married in 1900 in Hobart, where they settled and raised their family and Clem worked as a Labourer.

Walter was a Butcher in Hobart when he married Violet Lillian Stewart (b1916 in Queenstown, Tasmania) Walter and Violet settled in Hobart, where they raised their family. Walter was a Butcher (Nelson Foster) in 1942 when he enlisted in the Army, and following his Discharge in 1945, he and Violet settled in New Town, Hobart, where Walter was a Butcher. Walter died in 2001 and Violet died in 2004.

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