William Edward NOSWORTHY

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NOSWORTHY, William Edward

Service Number:	QX8593
Enlisted:	5 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 16 December 1919
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Plymill Hand
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 9 April 1964, aged 44 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Gravatt Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane
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World War 2 Service

5 Jun 1940:	Involvement QX8593
5 Jun 1940:	Enlisted
5 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX8593, 2nd/2nd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment
18 Oct 1940:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, QX8593, 2nd/2nd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, ex Sydney to Middle East
31 Jan 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, QX8593, 2nd/2nd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, ex Middle East to Bombay per HWT Mauretania
20 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, QX8593, 2nd/2nd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, ex Brisbane to Port Moresby per SS Katoomba
28 Oct 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, QX8593, 2nd/2nd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, ex Milne Bay to Brisbane per USAT President Johnson
9 Jun 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, QX8593, 2nd/2nd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, ex Townsville to Morotia per Howell Lykes

World War 1 Service

15 Sep 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, QX8593, 2nd/2nd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, ex Darwin to Townsville per HMAT Katoomba

World War 2 Service

22 Sep 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, QX8593, 2nd/2nd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, ex Balikapan to Morotai per SS Corbett
7 Oct 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, QX8593, 2nd/2nd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, ex Morotai to QLD per Manoora
17 Oct 1945:	Discharged
17 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX8593, 2nd/2nd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

William (aka Edward) was the eldest child of William Baden Powell Nosworthy (b1900 in Crookwell, Goulburn, NSW) and Violet May Taylor (b1902 in Brisbane, QLD). William - a Labourer - and Violet married in Brisbane in 1921 and settled there to raise their family. William worked as a Carter, Painter and Packer.

William - a Plymill Hand - enlisted in the ACMF in June 1940 (Private; Service No:Q151163) and was attached to LoC MT Training Depot when he Discharged in 1942 to enlist with the AIF. William served (Gunner; Service No:QX8593) with 2/2 Tank Attack Regiment in the Middle East (18 October 1940 - 24 March 1942), Northern Territory (5 June 1944 - 5 September 1944) and New Guinea (28 September 1942 - 28 October 1943, 9 June 1945 - 15 October 1945). William was Discharged in October 1945. Sister Cynthia (Snow) May (Aircraftwoman; Service No:99087) and Brothers-in - Law Leslie William Morgan Bentley (Corporal; Service Nos:QX42004/Q14357) and Ivor (Mick) Henry Morgan Bentley (Lance Corporal; Service Nos:QX41492/Q151163) also served in WWII.

In 1941 William married Winifred Millicent Frances Bentley (b1921 in Brisbane, QLD). William and Winifred settled in Brisbane where William was a Plywood Worker and Storeman. William died in 1964 and Winifred in 2017.

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