Roy Methuen URWIN

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Service Numbers:	1930, 1930A
Enlisted:	29 February 1916, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Teralba, New South Wales, Australia, 17 February 1900
Home Town:	Wallsend, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith Striker
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 19 April 1962, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld ANZAC 9, Row 10, Site 23. Inscription reads: Gone but not forgotten
Memorials:	Hamilton War Memorial, Wallsend Soldier's Memorial

29 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1930, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
4 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 1930, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
4 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 1930, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney
31 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, From 36th Battalion due to being under 19 years of age
24 Mar 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 36th Infantry Battalion
30 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 34th Infantry Battalion, From the 36th Battalion. Letter A added to his service number, 1930A
1 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1930A, 34th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the hand, possibly self inflicted.
19 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1930A, 34th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Annie Urwin nee Brown of Macquarie Street, Wallsend, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 4 December 1918 as wounded aboard HT Somerset disembarking on 16 January 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c Roy married Mary Sheldon at Wallsend, NSW