DWYER, William Augustus VETERAN

Name – DWYER, William Augustus VETERAN
Born – 1891
Died – 10/09/1954
Location – No 52 Catholic Section
Mother – Margaret Breen
Father – John Dwyer

Notes – William Augustus Dwyer was born at Coonamble, N.S.W. in 1891 and lived near Walgett at Gaydonvale with his parents John and Margaret Dwyer and up to ten siblings.

In July 1916 William enlisted in WWI and was assigned 1707 as his service number. He served in Egypt in the 12th Light Horse Regiment. He suffered from a lung haemorrhage in June 1918 and in November 1918 he was ill with pneumonia. William returned home aboard the Somali in 1918 and was discharged medically unfit.

The following information was taken from the electoral rolls: 1925 to 1932 Adavale Winbin Siding, Adavale and 1937 to 1954 Gunbah, Roma grazier. In 1933 he stood for the Quilpie Council.

He had a property at Roma until the time of his death. It is not known why he was in Tara at the time of his death. The inscription on William’s headstone reads – In Loving Memory of William Augustus Dwyer 12th L.H. AIF 1914-18. Died 10th Sept, 1954. Aged 63 Years. Born 10.9.1891.

Newspaper Article – link

War Service File  – DWYER, William Augustus

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