RAYNER, William Thomas
| Service Number: | 1112 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 April 1915, Enlisted at age 26. |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 6th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Maclean, New South Wales, Australia, 22 March 1889 |
| Home Town: | Tyndale, Clarence Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Tyndale Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, At sea near Rhode Island, 11 November 1915, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 4 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1112, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at age 26. | |
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| 7 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1112, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Chilka embarkation_ship_number: A51 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1112, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Chilka, Sydney | |
| 25 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 1112, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Taken on strength of the 6th LHR, 2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade, at ANZAC Cove Gallipoli ex-Maadi, Egypt on 25 October 1915. Wounded in the buttocks and right thigh and admitted to the hospital ship Neuralia on 9 November 1915. | |
| 11 Nov 2015: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 1112, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Died of wounds and was buried at sea on 11 November 1915 off Rhode Island |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Greg Towner
Wlliam Thomas Rayner was born on 22 March 1889 to Charles and Catherine Rayner. On some records his name is spelt Raynor but on his hand written Attestation papers it is Rayner. His birth is registered in Maclean but the family lived on a farming property they called Cambridge Park on Woodford Island, not far from Maclean but closer to the small village of Tyndale on the opposite (south) bank of the South Arm of the Clarence River.
The Rayner chilkdren attended Tyndale Public School and travelled to school on horseback and then across the river on a small boat until a public ferry was operating from about 1900.
William enlisted at Liverpool on 4 April 1915 at age 26. He was 170 cm tall, weighed 66 kg, had a fair complexion, grey eyes and dark brown hair. He gave his occupation as a farmer. He embarked from Sydney on 7 June 1915 on HMAT Chilka with the 7th Reinforcements for the 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment. He was taken on strenth of his regiment on 25 October 1915 at Gallipoli.
William was wounded in the buttocks and right thigh when in an advanced trench at Chatham's, Gallipoli, and taken on board the hospital ship HS Neuralia on the same day on 9 November 1915. He died of his wounds on 11 November 1915 and was buried at sea "just off Rhodes Island" (Rhode Island - Rhodes). His name is inscribed on the Lone Pine Memorial at Gallipoli and also on Honor Rolls in the Tyndale Hall, Clarence Street, Brushgrove, NSW.
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