UNSWORTH, Isaac
| Service Number: | 1803 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Kimberley, South Africa, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Electrician |
| Died: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 30 January 1972, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Geelong Eastern Cemetery, Victoria Lawn E, Grave 903. Interred on 2 February 1972 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Apr 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 1803, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 8 Apr 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 1803, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Isaac Unsworth and Lucy Caswell Unsworth nee Read of 'Parkhurst', Warwick Road, Bowes Park, London, England. Brother of Roy Lovell Unsworth who returned to Australia on 24 November 1919 having served with the 2nd Pioneer Battalion
Address at the time of enlistment was Page Street, Albert Park, Victoria and was employed with the railways. He had previously served his electrical apprenticeship with W. Newton of Clapham, London, England.
13 July 1915 - enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria with the 2nd Pioneer Battalion and rank of Sapper.
21 April 1917 - transferred to the Army Service Corps with the rank of Private
22 March 1918 - transferred to the Australian Flying Corps.
Commenced return to Australia 9 December 1918 aboard HT Argyllshire disembarking on 1 February 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
11 March 1919 - discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit
During 1921c Isaac married Madge Falconer in Victoria