NEWSON, Basil William
| Service Numbers: | 205, 206, R205 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Vic., 11 May 1883 |
| Home Town: | Cootamundra, Cootamundra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Echuca Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Bank Accountant |
| Died: | Sydney, NSW, 8 February 1972, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 205, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 206, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 206, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement R205, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked R205, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
BASIL WILLIAM NEWSON, the son of Mr. W. J. and Mrs. Elizabeth Newson, was born on 11th May, 1883, at Melbourne, Victoria. He was educated a t the Echuca Grammar School, and entered the service of the Bank at Moama on 11 th May, 1899. In January, 1905, he was appointed to the position of ledger-keeper and in August of the same year he was promoted to accountant at tha t branch. In November, 1910, he went to Rozelle, as teller; in January, 1911, to Wagga Wagga; in June, 1913, to Grenfell; and in the following November to Cootamundra.
Basil William Newson enlisted in the A.I.F. on 17th August, 1914, and in April, 1915, was promoted to the rank of sergeant in the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Brigade. He landed on Gallipoli on the morning of 25th April. He was wounded while on the Peninsula and invalided to Australia.
In January, 1917, he re-embarked for England, where he did duty and transport work between there and France.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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