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ETHERINGTON, William Henry
| Service Number: | 47 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | 18 June 1954, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Norwood Primary School Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1915: | Involvement Private, 47, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 Jan 1915: | Embarked Private, 47, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Trooper, 47, 9th Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
William Henry Etherington was believed to be born in 1871 in Wimbledon England. William H. Etherington was a painter before enlisting to the army and he also had a wife and two children.
William H. Etherington applied for the army in Melbourne and was accepted into the army on the 20th of October 1914. When William H. Etherington joined the army, he was a private in the 9th Light Horse Regiment but later he was moved to help the 33rd Australian Infantry Battalion. He fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. In late April 1915 he was hospitalised and transferred between several hospitals due to influenza, On the 3rd of July 1916 William H. Etherington suffered a back injury and was in the hospital for around 2 and a half months before returning to the army in 18th of September 1916.
William Henry Etherington was discharged from the army and was transported back to Australia on the 31st of October 1917. He died 18th June 1954 and he is buried at West Terrace Cemetery. In 1919 William H. Etherington earned 3 medals the 1914/15 Star Medal, British War Medal, and the Victory Medal however because of his passing they were passed on to his wife Mrs Emma M. A. Etherington.