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William Thomas Amor (1892 - 1942)

William Thomas Amor
Born in Five Dock, New South Wales, Australiamap
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[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died at about age 50 in Chatswood, New South Wales, Australiamap
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Biography

William Thomas Amor (1892-1942)

William Amor was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

Birth
William Thomas Amor was born on 1892 at Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia. He was the son of Charles Amor and Jane Hopping. [1]

Marriage
William Thomas Amor married Gladys Mildred Lilian Tierney in 1913 at Redfern, New South Wales, Australia. [2]

Military Service William Thomas Amor enlisted on 15 may 1916 and served with the Australian Imperial Force, 13th Battalion, during World War I. He returned to Australia 12 July 1919. [3]

World War I Service [4]
William Amor is an Anzac who served in World War One.
William Thomas AMOR
Regimental number 6457
Place of birth Sydney New South Wales
Religion Church of England
Occupation Horseman
Address 21 Wellington Street, Newtown, New South Wales
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 24
Next of kin Wife, Mrs. G. Amor, 21 Wellington Street, Newtown, New South Wales
Enlistment date 15 May 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 15 May 1916
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 13th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/30/4
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 7 October 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 13th Battalion
Fate Returned to Australia 12 July 1919
Date of death 11 August 1942
Place of burial Rookwood Necropolis

Newspaper Reports

"Deserting Wives and Families, Service, etc." New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930) 18 February 1914: 82.
Marrickville.—A warrant has been issued by the Newtown Bench for the arrest of William Thomas Amor, charged with wife desertion. He is 22 years of age, 5 feet 4 or 5 inches high, medium build, fair complexion, light-brown hair, clean shaved, hazel eyes, girl in tights tattooed on right forearm, flag and “Janet” tattooed on left forearm, two girls with “Katie Carr” and “ Katie Ellis” outside right lower arm, “Alice, Kate, and May” on right upper-arm; dressed m a brown suit, and black, soft, or straw hat; a trolley-driver. Complainant, Gladys M. L. Amor, 57 Despointes-street, Marrickville. [5]
ALLEGED ROBBERY AT BEXLEY." The Propeller (Hurstville, NSW : 1911 - 1954) 12 June 1931: page 7.
ALLEGED ROBBERY AT BEXLEY.
At the Sydney Quarter Sessions on Wednesday, before Judge Armstrong, William Thomas Amor, 40, pleaded, guilty to having broken and entered the dwelling, of William James Wilson, at Bexley, and stolen a number of articles. Amor was bound over in his own recognisance of £15 and another of a like amount, to be of good behaviour and appear for sentence if called upon within: a year. [6]

Divorce
Gladys Lilian Mildred Amor divorced William Thomas Amor in 1936. [7]

"IN DIVORCE." The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) 13 May 1936: page 11.
AMOR v AMOR.
Gladys Lilian Mildred Amor (formerly Tierney v William Thomas Amor. Marriage, September, 1913, at Redfern, Methodist rites. Issue, desertion. Decree nisi. Mr. C. R. Penny for petitioner. [8]

Death
William Thomas Amor passed away in 1942 at Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia. [9]

Funeral Notice
"Family Notices" The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) 14 August 1942: page 10.
FUNERALS
AMOR.—The Funeral of the late WILLIAM THOMAS AMOR, No. 6457, 13th Batt., 1st A.I.F., will leave our chapel, South Street, Granville, THIS FRIDAY, at 10 a.m., for the Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood. [10]

Sources

  1. Birth: NSW, Australia BDM Index Name: AMOR WILLIAM T| Reg. No. 13072/1892 | Father: CHARLES | Mother: JANE| Reg. FIVE DOCK, NSW, Australia
  2. Marriage: NSW, Australia BDM Index Reg. No. 13194/1913 | AMOR WILLIAM T | married| TIERNEY GLADYS M L | Reg. REDFERN, NSW, Australia
  3. World War I Record: NAA: B2455, AMOR W T Amor William Thomas : SERN 6457 : POB Sydney NSW : POE Sydney NSW : NOK W Amor Gladys Mrs
  4. UNSW Camberra The AIF Project
  5. Deserting Wives and Families, Service, etc. (1914, February 18). New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930), p. 82. Retrieved September 9, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article251645521
  6. ALLEGED ROBBERY AT BEXLEY. (1931, June 12). The Propeller (Hurstville, NSW : 1911 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved September 9, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article235041162
  7. "IN DIVORCE." The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) 9 December 1936: 10. Web. 9 Sep 2021 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17300929>. Gladys Lilian Mildred Amor v William Thomas Amor,
  8. IN DIVORCE. (1936, May 13). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 11. Retrieved September 9, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17345300
  9. Death: NSW, Australia BDM Index Name: AMOR WILLIAM THOMAS | Reg. No. 16966/1942 | Father: CHARLES | Mother: JANE| Reg. CHATSWOOD, NSW, Australia
  10. Family Notices (1942, August 14). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 10. Retrieved September 9, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17810262




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