SILVER R.W.

SILVER R.W.

Given Names: Raymond Walter

Service Number: 2754

Unit: 46th Battalion, 6th reinforcements

Rank: Private

Paybook Number: 140932

Age: 26 Yrs 7 Mths

Occupation: Tramway Conductor

Marital Status: Single

Religion: Baptist

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height: 5 Ft 4¾ In

Weight: 138 Lbs

Chest: 34-36½ In

Hair: Brown Scanty

Eyes: Brown

Complexion: Medium

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted: 31/7/1916

Place: Melbourne

Next of Kin: MOTHER Mrs Grace William Silver

21 Ermington Street, Kew, Victoria

Embarkation Date: 20/10/1916

Port: Melbourne

Ship: HMAT Port Lincoln A17

END OF WAR

Status: Returned to Australia

Ship: Gaika

Embarked: 21/5/1918

Disembarked: 5/7/1918

Unit: 46th Battalion

Rank: Private

Discharge Date: 23/7/1918

Place: Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star: Not earned

British War Medal: 57909

Victory Medal: 56419

Other:

BIRTH

Date or Year: 13/1/1887

Place: Hindmarsh, South Australia

Father: Alfred Frederick SILVER

Mother: Grace William SORRELL

MARRIAGE

Year: 1918

Place:

Spouse: Waltonia Emily WILBUR

DEATH

Date or Year: 16/10/1972

Place: Windsor, Victoria

Burial: Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 11/4/1917; gun shot wound, face

Wounded in action 11/10/1917; shell shock (blown up by an high explosive shell - 3 months in hospital)