FRYER, William Herbert Charles
| Service Number: | S68970 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 April 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | London, England, 20 October 1899 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Morning Lane School London |
| Occupation: | Metal Machinist |
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World War 2 Service
| 4 Apr 1942: | Involvement Lance Corporal, S68970, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
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| 4 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 4 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, S68970 | |
| 15 Oct 1945: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of W H and E M FRYER of Chingford Mount, London, England.
Husband of Catherine Harriet Annie FRYER of 20 Chatham Street, Adelaide, SA.
Educated at Morning Lane School in London, William was interested in soccer, skating, cyling and shooting. He was also fond of music and keen on photography and wireless (television). In civilian life he was a maintenance engineer for the past 20 years. William was born in London, joined the boy scouts in 1908 and served in France with the Middlesex Regiment in the Great War. After the Armistice he was two years with the Army of Occuaption in Cologne. He came to Australia in 1922. He was captain of the British Imperial Services soccor team, winning the Cambridgshire Cup and Pleca Shiled 1922/23. Left England in March 1939 and returned to Australia and enlisted in December 1939. He served in the Home Guard B Company No 2 Battalion.
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