POWERS  R.T.

Given Names:  Roy Thornburn

               

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ENLISTMENT

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Next of Kin:  FATHER  Sir Charles Powers

Aileen Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                              

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star: 

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BIRTH

Date or Year:  25/3/1892

Place:  Brisbane, Queensland                   

Father:  Sir Charles POWERS                  

Mother:  Katie Ann THORNBURN

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1922     

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Spouse: Melba Victoria McCALLUM

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 17/6/1963                          

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Fawkner Cemetery, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Trinity Grammar

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  V82848                                       

Date Enlisted:  5/2/1940                                          

Date Discharged:  25/2/1947

 

COMMENTS

Father was a judge of the High Court of Australia 1913 - 1929

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary