ZWAR, Raymond Albert
| Service Number: | 68900 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 July 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements |
| Born: | Beechworth, Victoria, 19 July 1898 |
| Home Town: | Beechworth, Indigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, 16 September 1962, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Beechworth Cemetery, Victoria Buried at 3.00 pm on Tuesday 18.09.1962 in Presbyterian Section C - Plot 32A. Interred with his wife Linley Cecille. |
| Memorials: | Beechworth Christ Church Honour Roll, Beechworth Shire WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jul 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 68900 | |
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| 22 Oct 1918: | Involvement Private, 68900, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Oct 1918: | Embarked Private, 68900, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, HMAT Boonah, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Born: 9 July 1898 in Beechworth, Victoria - birth certificate supplied to AIF.
Father Albert Michael ZWAR (b. 16/7/1863 at Broadford, Victoria - d. 23/2/1935, aged 71)
m. 10 May 1893 (mother) Harriet Augusta LAWRENCE ( - 1948)
lived at Beechworth, Victoria.
Siblings:
Doris Lawrence ZWAR (b. - d. 24/10/1959)
Keith Henderson ZWAR (b. - d. 08/11/1957)
Una ZWAR (b. - d. 18/3/1902)
Raymond Albert ZWAR (b. 09/07/1898 - d. 16/9/1962, aged 64)
Bertnard Michael ZWAR (b. 01/02/1900 - d. 19/05/1968, aged 68)
Leila ZWAR (b. 1905 - d. 1923, aged 18)
Next of kin in service:
Brother: 19142 Private Keith Henderson Zwar
23/05/1917 enlisted
02/02/1918 embarked from Sydney, NSW, onboard HMAT Wiltshire A18
as a Private with Army Medical Corps
Previous service:
4 years Senior Cadets with 5th Battalion, 29th Infantry
Described on enlisting as 20 years old; single; 5' 8 3/4" tall; 140 lbs;
fair complexion; hazel eyes; fair hair; Church of England
09/07/1918 enlisted in Melbourne, Victoria
22/10/1918 embarked from Outer Harbour, South Australia, onboard HMAT Boonah A36
as a Private with 15th reinforcements
returned to Australia
Medal: British War Medal (76840)
16/9/1962 passed away
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 12/12/2016. Lest we forget.