ZIERFUSZ, William
| Service Numbers: | 23123, NX172719 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 June 1943, Bathurst, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Broken Hill, NSW, 20 October 1913 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 14 Jun 1943: | Involvement Corporal, 23123 | |
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| 14 Jun 1943: | Involvement Corporal, NX172719 | |
| 14 Jun 1943: | Enlisted Bathurst, NSW | |
| 14 Jun 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 23123 | |
| 28 Feb 1949: | Discharged | |
| 28 Feb 1949: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 23123 |
Great Uncle Bill
I think this man is my great Uncle Bill. I have no living relatives who could confirm this, but it's a very unusual name and my father's family were from Broken Hill, where Bill was born.
My father told several stories about Uncle Bill.
One was that he had a massive vinyl record collection, so large that the ABC would borrow records from him. He lived in Sydney, Glebe I think, and he used to sit on his verandah and act as a lookout for the pub, where they were running an illegal SP bookmaking operation. He would play a certain song very loudly when he saw the police coming.
Dad said that Bill had to buy the house he was renting because the weight of his record collection had bowed the floors. Apparently they were stacked everywhere.
Unfortunately no-one realised the value of his collection and it was split up amongst various family and friends after his death.
Submitted 25 April 2025 by Jacqueline Krempin