Raymond Albert ZWAR

ZWAR, Raymond Albert

Service Number: 68900
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: 16 September 1962, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Beechworth Christ Church Honour Roll, Beechworth Shire WW1 Honour Roll
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Biography 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.

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