WINTER, Edwin Oliver Seaforth

  1. Service Details
  2. Personal Details
  3. Unit and Rank Details
  4. Notes
  5. Sources

Service Details

Branch of Service
Army
Conflict
World War II (1939-1945)
Date of Enlistment
09/08/1941
Date of Discharge
12/12/1945
Place of Enlistment
Paddington NSW

Personal Details

Gender
Male
Other Name(s)
Known as 'Ted'
Date of Birth
01/03/1906
Place of Birth
Canberra ACT
Address (at enlistment)
Tench Street, Kingston ACT
Occupation
Shop assistant
Next of Kin
Jean Winter (wife), Tench Street, Kingston ACT

Unit and Rank Details

Service Number
NX42319
Final Rank
Sergeant
Final Unit
2/4 Australian Infantry Battalion

Notes

Ted Winter was the nephew of Charlie and Ernest Mayo, both of whom were killed in World War 1, and the brother of Ernest Joseph Winter. The image on page 35 of 'The Mayo Connection' shows Winter prior to his service in Palestine. He married Jean (Bonnie) Goodwin in September 1937 at St. John's in Reid. He died in Canberra on 31 March 1984 and is buried in Gungahlin Cemetery.

Sources

WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
ACT Electoral Rolls 1916 to 1967 http://canberraheritageportal.org/default.php
Canberra Public Cemeteries http://www.canberracemeteries.com.au/cem_gravesearch.asp
Wendy McLennan, 'The Mayo Connection', 1996 (p.32-36)

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