WHARTON, Raymond Thomas
| Service Number: | 2143 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cumbalum, New South Wales, Australia, 15 March 1897 |
| Home Town: | Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | 7 May 1969, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 3-95. 134. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2143, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2143, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2143, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 30 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2143, 35th Infantry Battalion, GSW left foot and buttock | |
| 28 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2143, 35th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Australia and New Zealand in WWI
Served in The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
51 years ago today, on the 7th May 1969, Private Raymond Thomas Wharton, 35th Battalion, butcher from 40 Eveleigh Street, Redfern, New South Wales and 14 Bishopsgate Street, Wickham, N.S.W. and 10 Dickinson Street, Charlestown, N.S.W. and 3 Hexham Street, Kahibah, N.S.W. and South Gippsland, VIC., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 72. CATHOLIC 3-95. 134.
Born at Sydney, New South Wales on the 15th March 1897 to James and Minnie Wharton; husband of Evelyn Wharton nee Ford (married 1925, New Lambton, N.S.W., died?), Raymond enlisted April 1916 with the 36th Battalion at the Sports Ground, Sydney, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 6.5.1918 (GSW left leg, left foot), Mr Wharton returned home March 1919, and was discharged medically unfit May 1919.
Raymond Wharton twice tried to enlist in WWII
1. SN Q50710: Enlistment - GAYTHORNE QLD, 25/1/1941
2. SN N67793: Enlistment - BROADMEADOW NSW, 4/10/1939
On both occasions he was discharged.
I have not located Raymond’s name inscribed on any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
This WW1 Digger had been resting in an unmarked grave, forgotten, so January 2020 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=456409#grave-photo-1
Mr Wharton’s gravesite had been attended to at some stage, an old cross with timber surrounds, maybe not forgotten by descendants, would love to make contact.
Lest We Forget.
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