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RAYMER, William Robert

Service Number:	8401
Enlisted:	27 August 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Field Ambulance
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland, 8 March 1890
Home Town:	Rosewood, Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Night Officer
Died:	Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 13 September 1972, aged 82 years
Cemetery:	Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane Grave Location: 3ANZ-50, ANZAC-Portion 3; Grave 50; Buried with his Wife: Sarah Jane(nee-Dale)Raymer. Also the Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Wall 3/Row B; at the Queensland Garden of Remembrance (within the grounds of Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery) Graham Rd - Bridgeman Downs, Qld, Australia.
Memorials:	Rosewood Shire Council Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

27 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8401, Brisbane, Queensland
22 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 8401, 3rd Field Ambulance, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: ''
22 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 8401, 3rd Field Ambulance, HMAT Boonah, Sydney
24 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 8401, 8th Field Ambulance, Menin Road
4 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 8401, 8th Field Ambulance

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

Son of August Frederick Raymer and Elizabeth Smith