Harold Victor ZORNIG

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ZORNIG, Harold Victor

Service Number:	50740
Enlisted:	15 November 1917, Townsville, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rosewood, Queensland, Australia, 15 December 1897
Home Town:	Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Night Officer (Qld. Rail)
Died:	Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia., 29 June 1981, aged 83 years
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Memorials:	Beenleigh War Memorial

World War 1 Service

15 Nov 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 50740, Townsville, Queensland
8 May 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 50740, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
8 May 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 50740, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, RMS Osterley, Sydney
30 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 50740, 41st Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan

Born 15 December 1897 Rosewood, Queensland.

Father Frederick Herman Carl Zornig
(b. 20/10/1868 Eagleby, QLD - d. 18/12/1948 QLD)
buried in Hemmant Cemetery, Brisbane, QLD, Plot: Monumental. D. 7. 4

Married: 14 November 1893, in Ipswich, Queensland

Mother Elizabeth Kate Zornig (nee Wyatte)
(b. 27/12/1875 - d. 06/08/1949
buried in Hemmant Cemetery, Brisbane, QLD, Plot: Monumental. D. 7. 5
(worked as a Station Mistress),
lived at Stapylton, South Coast Line, QLD.

Siblings:
Ivy Lousie Zornig   (b. 17/03/1894 Ipswich - d. 28/06/1987)
m. James Leeke
William (Bill) Herman Zornig   (b. 27/02/1895 Rosewood - d. 18/03/1918)
Vera Elizabeth "Smokey" Zornig (b. 19/12/1899 Rosewood - d. 14/10/1996)
m. Neil Harold Dawson
buried in Hemmant Cemetery, Brisbane, QLD, Plot: Monumental. D. 7. 5
Leonard Ernest Zornig   (b. 11/02/1908 - d. 04/06/1987)
m. Alice May Winnett

Next of kin in service:
Brother:    2744 Corporal William Hermann Zornig (b. Feb.1896)
                05/09/1916    enlisted in Brisbane, QLD
                27/10/1916    embarked from Brisbane QLD, onboard HMAT Marathon A74
                       as a Private with 47th Infantry Battalion, 6th reinforcements
                1917              Promoted to Lance Corporal in France
                22/01/1918    Promoted to Corporal in France
                16/05/1918    died of wounds received in action, Villers-Brettoneaux, France
                Buried in:       Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
                His name is commemorated on Panel 144 at the Australian War Memorial,
                Canberra, ACT.

Cousin:   5219 Private William James Wyatte
               17/11/1915 enlisted as a Private in 15th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
           31/03/1916 embarked from Sydney, NSW onboard HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria
             Last rank:    Private with 47th Battalion
             27/08/1917 Returned to Australia
             31/08/1974 passed away
                                Plaque in QLD Garden of Remembrance

Previous service: Cadets in Citizen Forces and 2 years in 11th Infantry Battalion

Described on enlisting as 19 years 10 months old; single; 5' 8" tall; 142 lbs;
fair complexion; blue eyes; nearly black hair; Congregational

15/11/1917 enlisted as a Private with QLD Reinforcement 1 in Townsville, QLD

27/03/1918 Private attended NCO School

23/04/1918 Provisional Corporal

24/04/1918 appointed to 1st QLD reinforcements
Rifle Range camp

05/05/1918 entrained to Brisbane

08/05/1918 embarked Sydney, NSW onboard RMS Osterley
as a Private with the 1st (QLD) reinforcements

15/05/1918    admitted to ships hospital with a cold
18/05/1918    discharged
10/07/1918    disembarked into Liverpool, England

11/07/1918 reverts to rank of Private

14/07/1918 marched into 9th Training Battalion

26/07/1918 appointed Acting Corporal at 9th Training Battalion, England

10/12/1918 admitted with Influenza at Fovant Military Hospital
07/01/1919 discharged to Training Depot

Last rank: Private with 41st Battalion

Took part in the Battle of Havre, France.

28/03/1919 Returned to Australia onboard Karoa (chronic Lym. Left Knee)
15/05/1919 disembarked into Australia

30/05/1919 discharged from service

Medals: British War medal (34014)

Married: WIFE: Beatrice May (nee Sheppard)
(b. 10/03/1901 - d. 20/10/1978)

Children:       Joyce Beatrice Zornig (b. 24/04/1926 - d. 24/08/1993)
                      m. William Alexander Carter - b. 16/09/1926 - d. 27/01/1987
                    Albert William Zornig (b. 07/12/1927 - d. 24/02/1994)
                       m. Patricia O'Brien - b. 15/10/1928 - lived at Manly West, QLD
                    Olga Jessie Zornig (b. 21/10/1929 - d. 09/11/1997)
                      m. Robert Thomas Wynd
                    Jean Elizabeth Zornig

29/06/1981 passed away (83 years of age)

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 28/12/2016. Lest we forget.

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