Individual Details

Walter MASKREY

(10 Dec 1893 - 17 Nov 1958)

Birth Qld Reg# 1894/C10523. Registrar: H.C.Luck, 7 Feb 1894, Toowong.
Death Qld Reg# 1958/28990. Registrar: T.F.Scott, 26 Nov 1958 Occupation: Master Builder. Certified: Dr M.C. Williams 17 Nov 1958. Informant: Wyn Maskrey, Wife, 2 Austral St, St Lucia. Funeral: Rev G.R.Gibson, Church of England

Mastrey Kinship says: Birth: Ca 1900; Appears on the Australian Electoral Rolls in 1921, 1925, 1936 and 1937 for Toowong, [Brisbane], Queensland

First World War Embarkation Roll - Walter Maskrey
Service number: 6814
Rank: Private (sidenote has him Acting Corporal)
Roll title: 15 Infantry Battalion - 1 to 23 Reinforcements (December 1914 - November 1916)
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918
Date of embarkation: 17 November 1916
Place of embarkation: Brisbane
Ship embarked on: HMAT Kyarra
Ship number: A55
Shown as a carpenter, 22 y old, single, from Thomas St Bayswater Brisbane Qld, NoK Mother Mrs G Maskrey same address, Date of Joining 8.5.16, Pay per day 5s.

The AIF Project:
Walter MASKREY
Regimental number 6814
Religion Church of England
Occupation Carpenter
Address Thomas Street, Bayswater, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 22
Next of kin Mother, Mrs G Maskrey, Thomas Street, Bayswater, Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date 8 May 1916
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 15th Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/32/2
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 17 November 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Lance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll 15th Battalion
Fate Returned to Australia 13 March 1918

Events

Birth10 Dec 1893Payne St, Torwood, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Marriage7 Dec 1918Winifred May "Wyn" WESTON
Residence1954Occupation: Builder - St Lucia Road, Toowong, Ryan, Queensland, Australia
Death17 Nov 19581 (a) Congestive cardiac failure [months] (b) Mitral valvular incompetence [years] 2. Nephrosis [months] - 2 Austral St, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
Death17 Nov 19582 Austral St, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
Burial19 Nov 1958Mt Thompson Crematorium, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Families

SpouseWinifred May "Wyn" WESTON (1893 - 1987)
FatherJames MASKREY (1864 - 1933)
MotherGeorgina THALLON (1861 - 1948)
SiblingEllen MASKREY (1889 - 1892)
SiblingRobert John MASKREY (1891 - 1909)
SiblingMargaret Thallon MASKREY (1895 - )
SiblingJames Thallon "Jim" MASKREY (1904 - 1929)

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