GAWTHORN, William
| Service Number: | 232 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Bombardier |
| Last Unit: | Australian Veterinary Hospital |
| Born: | Bourke, New South Wales, Australia , 29 July 1877 |
| Home Town: | St George, Balonne Shire, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | 19 January 1962, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 232, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train | |
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| 4 Jun 1915: | Involvement 232, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Jun 1915: | Embarked 232, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, HMAT Port Macquarie, Melbourne | |
| 11 Jan 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Bombardier, Australian Veterinary Hospital |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Enlisted and served under alias of Patrick Quinn
William Gawthorn was my great uncle. It was well known in the family that he had enlisted for the First World War as Patrick Quinn (his mother’s maiden name) and gave his birth place as Kilkenny Ireland (also his mother’s birth place). If you will look at page 41 of Series B 2455 he states in his letter that he was born in Bourke 29th July 1877 which is correct, although on other pages it shows 1872. In his letter shown on page 42 of the same series that his “right name is on the birth certificate enclosed’, also that he served under the name of Patrick Quinn. The letter on page 59 shows as being ‘accepted as identical with William James Gawthorn’. He was in fact registered at birth as William Thomas and baptised as William James and died as William Thomas. -Courtesy of Great Niece Rosemary Owens
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