CHILDS, William
| Service Number: | 2284 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 April 1916, 2 years Bega Mounted Infantry |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bega, New South Wales, Australia, 19 December 1873 |
| Home Town: | Carrington, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fireman |
| Died: | Carrington, New South Wales, Australia, 17 November 1926, aged 52 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-122. 37. |
| Memorials: | Bega District School WW1 Roll of Honor, Carrington Connolly Park War Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2284, 34th Infantry Battalion, 2 years Bega Mounted Infantry | |
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| 17 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2284, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2284, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 3 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2284, 34th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the Thursday afternoon of the 18th November 1926, Sapper William Childs, 6th Australian Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company (Reg No-2284), fireman from Young Street, Carrington, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 52. ANGLICAN 2-122. 37.
Born at Auckland County, Bega, New South Wales on the 19th December 1873 as CHILD to Walter and Sarah Childs of Bega, New South Wales, William enlisted on the 19th April 1916 with the 34th Battalion at Carrington, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A30 Borda on the 17th October 1916.
Wounded in action - 2.10.1917 (GSW left shoulder, fractured clavicle).
William was invalided home on the 20th April 1919, being discharged medically unfit (premature senility) on the 3rd June 1919.
Mr. Childs’s name has been inscribed on the Newcastle Federated Engine-Drivers & Firemen's Association Honour Roll, Bega District School WW1 Roll of Honor, Carrington Citizens' Memorial Gates, Carrington Municipal District Roll of Honor and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at William’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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