MAHER, William Thomas
| Service Number: | 6584 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 August 1916, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Murga, New South Wales, 3 January 1875 |
| Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coach driver |
| Died: | Natural causes, Redfern, New South Wales, 12 January 1938, aged 63 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium RC section |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6584, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 7 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6584, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6584, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 16 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6584, 19th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Son of Thomas Henry Maher and Hannah Rymer
Married Peral Mary Nelson (daughter of Michael William and Mary Nelson) at Walgett, NSW on 31 Jan1903 - Pearl Mary Maher died at Forbes on 04 Sep 1936
Thomas and Pearl had a daughter Evelyn Edith Maher on 01 Jul 1903. Evelyn married Daniel Joseph Ford in Sydney on 31 Oct 1925. Evelyn died on 20 Oct 1941 aged 38, the mother of Pat, Paul, Pam and Peggy. Daniel Joseph Ford died in 1972 in Sydney, NSW.
"MAHER.— The Relatives and Friends of Mrs PEARL MAHER of 195 Regent Street, Redfern and of Mrs. D. FORD are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of their late beloved HUSBAND and loving FATHER, William Thomas Maher to leave the Kinsela Chapels, Oxford Street-Taylor Square, Darlinghurst, THIS THURSDAY at 2.15p.m., for the Catholic Cemetery, Rookwood..." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 13 Jan 1938 (nla.gov.au)
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