WINSTANLEY  T.W.

Given Names:  Thomas Wilding

               

Service Number:  19581

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade 8, HQ                                                                                   

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  42 Yrs  8 Mths

Occupation:  Gardener                                                                                                   

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6½ In                  

Weight:  129 Lbs

Chest:  32-36 In

Hair:  Auburn

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  10/2/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Ann Winstanley

100 Peel Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                          

Embarkation Date:  20/5/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Medic A7

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Anchises

Embarked:  1/11/1917                               

Disembarked: 

Unit:  38th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Gunner

Discharge Date:  4/2/1918                         

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  44587

Victory Medal:  43860

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1873

Place:  Wigin, England                             

Father:  John WINSTANLEY                    

Mother:  Rachael ASHALL

 

MARRIAGE

Year:              

Place:             

Spouse: Ann COOPER

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 5/10/1953                          

Place: Kew, Victoria                                

Burial:  Box Hill Cemetery, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 20/4/1917; gun shot wound, head & shoulder

Wounded in action 7/6/1917; gassed

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

Kew Independent Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary