Aubrey James WETHERALL

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WETHERALL, Aubrey James

Service Number:	3496
Enlisted:	4 April 1917, North Sydney
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	7th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Warialda, New South Wales, Australia, 21 November 1891
Home Town:	Warialda, Gwydir, New South Wales
Schooling:	Fort Street Public School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Killed in Action, Palestine, 15 July 1918, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Jerusalem Memorial, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll, Tamworth Public School WW1 Roll of Honor, Warialda St Stephens Church WW1 Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

4 Apr 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3496, 7th Light Horse Regiment, North Sydney
2 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 3496, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1917:	Embarked Private, 3496, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
15 Jul 1918:	Involvement Trooper, 3496, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3496 awm_unit: 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1918-07-15

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Aubrey James WETHERALL was born on 21st November, 1891 in Warialda, NSW

His parents were Robert WETHERALL & Phillipa Jane COCK who married in NSW in 1872

He enlisted on 4th April, 1917 and embarked from Melbourne on 2nd November, 1917 with the 7th Light Horse Regiment, 30th Reinforcements on the HMAT Commonwealth

Aubrey was Killed in Action in Palestine on 15th July, 1918 - no known grave

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial, the Jerusalem Memorial & there is a memorial headstone for him in Gore Hill Cemetery in Sydney along with other family members

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