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HOUSE, Wilfred Lanyon Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5007 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 April 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Gosport, Hampshire, England, July 1881 |
| Home Town: | Gnowangerup, Gnowangerup, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Plantagenet, Western Australia, 5 December 1947, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Gnowangerup Cemetery Anglican area, Grave 46 Commemorated with a plaque in the WA Garden of Remembrance |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5007, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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| 1 Jun 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5007, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5007, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5007, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5007, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle | |
| 22 Apr 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5007, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
When he enlisted Wilfred's address was Gnowangerup, WA. IN 1911c Wilfred married Gertrude Mary Eleanor Rohrs with Gertrude dying the same year.
Son of Charles William House and Mary Ann House nee Harvey of Gnowangerup, WA formerly of Gosport, England.
Next of kin given as his brother Charles Henry House of Privett Place, Gosport, Hampshire, England.
Commenced return to Australia on 31 January 1918
In 1919c Wilfred remarried Elsie Clarissa Robins in Perth