Henry Edward (Ted) PINKER

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PINKER, Henry Edward

Service Numbers:	WX27492/W11022, WX27492
Enlisted:	24 February 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Coolup, Western Australia , 29 April 1907
Home Town:	Northam, Northam, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Plumber
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 4 January 1986, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
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World War 2 Service

24 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX27492/W11022, 28 Infantry Battalion AMF
16 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX27492, 28 Infantry Battalion AMF
16 Jul 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 28th Infantry Battalion
8 Jan 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX27492, 28th Infantry Battalion, ex Darwin per Swartenhondt to Jacquinot Bay
23 Jan 1946:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX27492, 28th Infantry Battalion, ex Rabaul per HT Duntroon to Brisbane
6 Feb 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX27492, 28 Infantry Battalion AMF
6 Feb 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX27492, 28th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, WX27492, 28 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Ted was the eldest of eight children of William Henry Pinker (born 1876 in Gloucestershire, England) and Mabel Devina Cook (born 1880 in Melbourne, Victoria). William immigrated with his parents and siblings in 1886, arriving in Fremantle, WA on board the Otago. Mabel arrived in Frematle, WA with her parents and siblings in 1900. In 1907 William was a Farm Hand when he married Mabel in East Perth, WA, and in 1911 the family moved to Northam, WA,

Ted (whose middle name on official records in Edwin, but was Edward on his Attestation Papers)was a Plumber in Northam, WA in June 1942 when he enlisted in the AMF, serving as a Private (Service No:WX27492)with A Coy 28th Infantry Battalion AMF. He was attached to 28th Infantry Battalion when he was Discharged in February 1946.

Ted returned to Northam and worked as a Shop Assistant before moving to Rivervale in Perth, WA in 1960. He worked as a Shop Assistant in Rivervale, where he died in 1986/

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