William Osborne Close
(Cir 1865-)
Emily Jane Trebilco
(Cir 1870-)
William Osborne Frederick Close
(1890-1965)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Doris Ethel Alice Groube

William Osborne Frederick Close

  • Born: 1890, St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
  • Marriage (1): Doris Ethel Alice Groube in 1922 in Victoria Australia
  • Died: 16 Oct 1965, Maldon, Victoria Australia at age 75

  General Notes:

Close, William Osborne Frederick
Service Number: 11685
Rank/Calling: Mechanical Transport Driver
Unit: 3 Divisional Supply Column, MT [Mechanical Transport] (26 ASC [Army Service Corps]) (June 1916)
Ship Name: HMAT Afric
Ship Number: A19
Date of Embarkation: 5/06/1916
Place of Embarkation: Melbourne
William Osborne Frederick Close enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on the 24/4/1916. The Certificate of Medical Examination describes William as: - 26 years and two months, height - 5 foot 5 inches, weight - 129 pounds, chest measurement - 31/34 inches, complexion - medium, eyes - blue, hair - black and Religious denomination - Church of England. His distinctive marks were - vac - nil, 3 moles left cheek.
William fought in France and was promoted to Corporal. He was fortunate that he had no illness or injury the whole time he was serving overseas.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Engineer.


William married Doris Ethel Alice Groube, daughter of Lewis Montague Groube and Eva Sophie Cordwell, in 1922 in Victoria Australia. (Doris Ethel Alice Groube was born in 1901 in Carlton North, Melbourne, Victoria Australia and died on 28 Jul 1976 in Maldon, Victoria Australia.)


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