OFFICER, William Roy George
| Service Number: | 38066 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 March 1917, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Toorak, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Toorak, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia , 1979, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 9 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 38066, Field Artillery Brigades, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 9 Nov 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 38066, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 38066, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne | |
| 24 Nov 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, From Field Artillery Brigades | |
| 19 Mar 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 3 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 38066, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Officer and Julia Bertha Officer nee Simson of Tintern Avenue, Toorak, Victoria.
Between 19 March 1919 and 24 May 1919 William was granted leave with pay to study wool classing at the Technology College in Halifax. He later took extra time without pay during which time he spent with Dalgety & Co., London and returned to Australia at his own expense.
Commenced return to Australia on 28 October 1919 aboard HT Niagara disembarking on 10 November 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1928c William married Doris N. Mackie in Jerilderie, NSW