UNSWORTH, Herbert
| Service Number: | 7562 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Frodsham, Cheshire, England, April 1880 |
| Home Town: | Kensington, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Electrician |
| Died: | Capper Street, Kent Town, South Australia, 17 March 1952, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Kendrew Oval, Row 16, Grave 43. Interred on 18 March 1952 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 7562, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 7562, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Unsworth and Sarah Unsworth nee Sedden of Frodsham, Cheshire, England.
Arrived in Adelaide from Liverpool, England, on 29 November 1912 aboard Belgic. State Records GRG 41/34. While living in England he had served his seven year apprenticeship with P&R Jackson of Manchester, England.
Husband of Mary Ellen Unsworth nee Beard of Regent Street, East Parade, Kensington, SA.
5 May 1917 - enlisted at Adelaide, SA, with the 10th Battalion and with the rank of Private.
16 May 1918 - transferred to the Australian Army Medical Corps Details
Commenced return to Australia on 24 August 1918 HT Medic disembarking on 11 October 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Adelaide
Medal: British War Medal
28 October 1918 - discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to defective vision involving the macula
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