Lawrence Vincent Roy WOMERSLEY

WOMERSLEY, Lawrence Vincent Roy

    Service Number: 6376
    Enlisted: 4 April 1916, Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Stawell, Victoria, Australia, 3 March 1897
    Home Town: Lubeck, Yarriambiack, Victoria
    Schooling: State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Blacksmith
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 23 August 1918, aged 21 years
    Cemetery: Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery
    Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery, Cerisy, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    4 Apr 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6376, Melbourne, Victoria
    11 Sep 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6376, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    11 Sep 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6376, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
    23 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6376, 7th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days"

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    Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

    Lawrence Vincent Roy WOMERSLEY was born on 3rd March, 1897 in Stawell, Victoria

    His parents were Frederick WOMERSLEY and Elizabeth CORNISH who married in Victoria in 1867 - his father was born in Nottingham, England & his mother was born in Somerset - he was one of 14 children

    His brother Walter Rupert Newland WOMERSLEY also served in WW1 - SN502 & returned to Australia in 1919

     

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