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BRANWHITE, William Edmund
| Service Numbers: | 710, S212319 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 September 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Remount Unit (AIF) |
| Born: | Melton, England, 7 March 1885 |
| Home Town: | Mylor, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Merchant |
| Died: | Port Adelaide, South Australia, 14 September 1951, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Mylor District Roll of Honor 1914-18, Mylor District Roll of Honour, Mylor St. John Anglican Church Roll of Honour, South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 710, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 710, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 710 |
World War 2 Service
| 30 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, S212319 | |
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| 30 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, S212319 | |
| 30 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 1 Feb 1946: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Heathfield High School
William Edmund Branwhite was born on 7/3/1885 in Melton, England. He was 40 years old and 5 months when he enlisted and according to his attestation papers, he was 6 feet 1 and 140 pounds, his chest was 35-38 inches, his complexion was fair, his eyes were brown, and his hair was sandy. He spent his life before the army as a merchant. He was married to Mrs Fanny G. Branwhite and they had 2 children. He was a member of the Church of England and lived in Mylor, South Australia.
William enlisted in the AIF on the 30th of September 1915. After a small amount of training in Australia, he boarded a ship on the 12th of November 1915 travelling to Egypt, arriving on the 8th December 1915 at the Port of Suez. On the 22nd of December 1915, he went to the 2nd Australian Stationery Hospital in Abbassia suffering from haemorrhoids. He rejoined his unit 7 March 1916 and was appointed Lance Corporal the following month. On the 7th of October 1916, he was reported as being drunk at camp and was admonished. On the 17th of October 1916, he was assigned to the Camel Corps.
On the 6th of December 1916, William was sent back to the hospital with an unspecified illness. Not long later, on the 23rd of January 1917, he was sent to a convalescent camp with a head injury, which happened in Egypt. On the 8th of February 1917, he was sent over to the 14th Aust. Gen. Hosp., Cairo.
On the 26th of February 1917 he was examined by a medical board and William was diagnosed with occipital pain and loss of taste and smell. This came from the head injury he got. He was recommended to be classified as “PB2”, which means he was unfit for any combat.
On the 7th of March 1917, he was sent to an AIF headquarters in Cairo. On the 7th of May 1917, he was temporarily promoted to Corporal. Later, on the 7th of August 1917, William was brought back to the rank of Lance Corporal.
After a while, with his current medical conditions, his service was no longer needed in war. On the 7th of June 1917, William came back to Australia on a ship named Boorara. The ship disembarked at Melbourne. On the 25th of October 1917 he was officially discharged from the AIF. The reason that was given for William’s discharge was that he was medically unfit for service.
William died 14 September 1951, at Port Adelaide, Adelaide South Australia.
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