WYNNE, Floyd Owen Robert
Service Number: | 3133 |
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Enlisted: | 22 October 1916, Brisbane, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Warwick, Queensland, Australia, 14 September 1891 |
Home Town: | Mooloolah, Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
Schooling: | Leichhardt Street State School, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Occupation: | Dairyman |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 1 September 1918, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Mooloolah, Glenview & Highlands WW1 Honour Board, Mooloolah, Glenview and Highlands Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
22 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3133, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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7 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3133, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
7 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3133, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
12 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, 3133, 42nd Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele | |
1 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 3133, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3133 awm_unit: 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-09-01 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...3133 Private Floyd Owen Robert Wynne, 42nd Battalion, of Warwick, Qld. A dairy farmer before enlisting in October 1916, Pte Wynne left Australia for England with the 7th Reinforcments in February 1917 and arrived in France for service on the Western Front in April 1917. In September 1917 he was wounded during the 42nd Battalion's attack on Passchendaele Ridge on 12 October 1917, and was promoted to the rank of Corporal in May 1918. Cpl Wynne was killed instantly by a German sniper at Quarry Farm during the attack on Mont St Quentin on 1 September 1918, aged 27..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)