Samuel James Henry MAWER

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MAWER, Samuel James Henry

Service Number:	450
Enlisted:	20 August 1914, Enlisted at Pontvlle, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia, 1 March 1895
Home Town:	Stoodley, Kentish, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Tasmania, Australia, 19 May 1961, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Kentish Municipality Honour Roll Mural, Municipality of Kentish Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

20 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 450, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Pontvlle, Tasmania
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 450, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 450, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Geelong, Hobart
29 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Infantry Battalion, From 3rd Light Horse Regiment
4 Jun 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 450, 12th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit due to defective eyesight

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Samuel Henry Mawer and Sussannah Mawer nee Short of Stoodley, Tasmania formerly of Railton. Tasmania. Brother of John Robert Mawer who returned to Australia on 4 September 1918 having served with the 58th Battalion, Catherine Maria Mawer, William David Mawer, Dagmar Mawer, Christina Mawer and Jessie Isobel Mawer

Commenced return to Australia on 31 January 1918 aboard HT Osterley disembarking on 13 April 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Tasmania

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Susan Jane Mawer nee Russell of Tasmania

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