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William Garr

Details:

Title

William Garr,

Name

William Garr,

Also known as

Garr, William, Gar, William,

Collection

Fallen ANZACs, Territory ANZACs, First World War, 1914-1918,

Place of birth

Thursday Island (Qld.),

Place of enlistment

Brisbane (Qld.),

Date of enlistment

1915-08-27,

Age

22,

Occupation

Labourer,

Service

Australian Imperial Force,

Unit

4th Pioneer Battalion,

Rank

Private,

Service number

3051,

Next of kin

Carlos (Charles) and Mary Garr - Parents ; Darwin, N.T.,

Date of death

1916-11-30,

Place of death

Zonnebeke (Belgium),

Place of burial

Longueval Road Cemetery (France),

Memorial

Darwin Cenotaph,

Cultural heritage

Filipino,

Biographical notes

William’s brothers were Mathew, Glamor (awarded the Military Medal), and Palencio. Palencio enlisted in Darwin on 20 September 1915 and was discharged from the army on 16 May 1916. He also had a sister, Maria. At birth he was registered as Guillermo Gah, 2 December 1892, the son of Mary Anne Bunion (sic) Byunyan and Carlos Gah.,

History

Garr was a member of the Fifth Contingent which departed Darwin on 16 August 1915 on board the 'Eastern'. His unit embarked from Brisbane on board HMAT A69 'Warilda' on 5 October 1915. On 29 Feb 1916, Garr was transferred to the 49th Battalion and on 16 March 1916, he was transferred to 4th Pioneer Battalion. He was killed in action in France on 30 November 1916.,

Subject

History, World War, 1914-1918, ANZAC, Northern Territory, Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps,

File type

image/tiff, application/pdf, image/tiff,

Genealogical society NT pioneer register

2087,

Related links

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3285433 ["Our Boys at the Front", Northern Territory Times and Gazette, 30 August 1917: p.8.], https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R2335237 [Nominal Roll], https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4036731 [Service Record], http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=6223 [NT Place names register : Garr Street], http://hdl.handle.net/10070/33459 [PictureNT : Official contingent of AIF (uncertain if photograph includes William or Glamor Garr).], https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1892952 [Embarkation Roll - HMAT A69 'Warilda'], http://territorystories.nt.gov.au/10070/713859 ["A N.W. native in France befriended and helped", Western Australia Church News, 1July 1917: p.8.], https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1731358 [Roll of Honour], https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1347369?image=4 [Unit War Diary], http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/246271/GAR,%20WILLIAM [Commonwealth War Graves - Longueval Road Cemetery - William Gar (Garr)],

Parent handle

http://hdl.handle.net/10070/214541,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/214541

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/713861, https://hdl.handle.net/10070/808441, https://hdl.handle.net/10070/807604,