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WORNER, Josiah Morrow
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 80619, Depot |
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| Enlisted: | 23 September 1918, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to B Company Recruit Depot Battalion Broadmeadows Camp for duty on 125th October 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Miscellaneous Hospitals - WW1 |
| Born: | Mystic Park, Victoria, Australia, 24 February 1899 |
| Home Town: | Kerang, Gannawarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Kerang State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Cerebro Spinal Meningitis, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 30 November 1918, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Lake Charm Beauchamp Methodist Church Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Sep 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 80619, 1st Depot Battalion, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to B Company Recruit Depot Battalion Broadmeadows Camp for duty on 125th October 1918 | |
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| 25 Nov 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 80619, 1st Depot Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment due to cessation of hostilities. | |
| 25 Nov 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Miscellaneous Hospitals - WW1, Admitted Queens Memorial Infectious Diseases Hospital Fairfield. Cerebrospinal Meningitis. Duration of diseases 6 days. Death occurred 30th November 1918. | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, Depot |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Pam Hamilton
Mr John Worner stated to the State Recruitment Committee on the 26th August 1918, when offering his 3rd son for active service abroad, l have offered two sons already, 1 killed the other a returned man discharged severely wounded ( after two years service abroad.)
Mr John Worner would suffer the loss of two sons & the third wounded during the Great War.