John Willie Worster

1900 - 1969  (69 years)

• Name	John Willie Worster
  Birth	27 Aug 1900	Keighley, Yorkshire   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	9 Feb 1922	England   [4]
  	Destination Port, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Ship Name: Berrima Shipping line: P & O Branch Service
  Death	24 Nov 1969  [5]
  Burial	27 Nov 1969	Woden Cemetery, Phillip,Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia   [5]
  	PLOT: H-EX-X-207 [5]
  Person ID	I15	James Worster (b.1805)
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	James Worster,   b. Bet. Apr-Jun 1875, Keighley, Yorkshire d. Dec 1918, Skipton, Yorkshire (Age ~ 43 years)
  Mother	Mary Ellen Bailey,   b. Abt. 1876, Haworth, Yorkshire d. 24 Aug 1941, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (Age ~ 65 years)
  Marriage	Bet. Jul-Sep 1898	Keighley, Yorkshire   [6]
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 27 Aug 1900 - Keighley, Yorkshire  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Worster Family Children The children of James Worster and Mary Ellen Bailey. Left to right: Marsella, Alice Maud, James Horace, John Willie and Catherine.
  		John Willie Worster in West Riding Regiment John served with the Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment. He was conscripted upon turning 17 and saw action on the Western Front in 1918. All records of his First World War Regiment were destroyed during the blitz of 1940-1941.
  		John Willie Worster in Yorkshire Photo taken in Keighley in 1920
  		Sergeant John Willie Worster in Egypt (1941) John served with the 9th Division of the 2nd AIF in North Africa, Greece and Crete. He remained in the Australian Army until he retired in 1949 having attained the rank of Staff Sergeant.

  
  

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  Histories		Veronica Convine Inquest Inquest into the death of Veronica Convine
  		Military

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] BMD Index - Births, Keighley: Vol. 9a, Page 169 (Reliability: 3). [S9] 1911 Census, Registration district: Keighley, Registration District Number: 492, Sub-registration district: Keighley, ED: 45, Piece: 26109 (Reliability: 3). [S27] National Archives of Australia (Reliability: 3). [S11] UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 (Reliability: 3). [S10] findagrave.com (Reliability: 3). [S8] BMD Index - Marriages, Keighley: Vol. 9a, Page 384 (Reliability: 3).