William Talbot Theophilus Selbourne UMPHERSTON

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UMPHERSTON, William Talbot Theophilus Selbourne

Service Number:	3501
Enlisted:	22 December 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Yahl, South Australia, 20 June 1892
Home Town:	Yahl Paddock, Grant, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Tuberculosis, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 30 September 1920, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland
Memorials:	Glencoe Soldiers Memorial

World War 1 Service

22 Dec 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
10 Feb 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3501, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
10 Feb 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3501, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide
11 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1
30 Sep 1920:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1920-09-30

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

William Talbot Theophilus Selbourne UMPHERSTON was born in Yahl, South Australia on 20th June, 1892

His parents were William UMPHERSTON & Mary Jane TALBOT

Biography

"OBITUARY. MR. W. T. UMPHERSTON.

Mr. W. Umpherston, of Yahl, received a telegram this forenoon conveying the sad information that his oldest son, Mr. William Talbot Umpherston had died at the Enoggera Military Hospital, Queensland. The deceased enlisted for the war, and left for Europe early in 1917, but got no further than England. He got ill in camp there with what appeared to be a decline, and as he made no improvement under treatment he was invalided back to Australia in 1918. About 2½ years ago he went to Queensland to try to regain his health, and was under treatment at the military hospital at Enoggera, but he got no better. The deceased, who was only 28 years of age, was unmarried. He was well-known and respected at Mount Gambier, where he had many friends." - from the Mt Gambier Border Watch 01 Oct 1920 (nla.gov.au)

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