• Born: 24 Jul 1904, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia ¹
• Married: 18 Jul 1926, Eurudgeree, New South Wales, Australia
• Died: 2 Aug 1957, Berala, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia ^{2 3}
• Buried: 5 Aug 1957, Field of Mars Cemetery, Cressy Rd., Ryde, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia ⁴

  Research Notes:

Service Record
Name RAWLING, WILLIAM JOHN STRODE
Service Australian Army
Service Number NX50251
Date of Birth 24 Jul 1904
Place of Birth WOLLONGONG, NSW
Date of Enlistment 21 Jun 1940
Locality on Enlistment MUDGEE, NSW
Place of Enlistment PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin RAWLING, THELMA
Date of Discharge 16 Oct 1945
Rank Private
Posting at Discharge 3 Tank Attack Regiment

http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=R&VeteranID=167668

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Australian Electoral Rolls...

In 1943, William John Strode Rawling, farmer, and wife Thelma Sarah Ann McDonald Rawling, home duties, were living at Rockview, Erudgeree. Mother Mabel Rawling was living at 26 Lawson St., Mudgee.

In 1949, William John Strode Rawling, storeman, was living at 70 Second Ave., Berala.

  Marriage Information:

William married Thelma Sarah Ann McDonald Hudspeth, daughter of Walter Frederick Hudspeth and Emily, on 18 Jul 1926 in Eurudgeree, New South Wales, Australia. (Thelma Sarah Ann McDonald Hudspeth was born in 1904 in Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, died on 24 Sep 1946 in Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia and was buried in Mudgee Cemetery, Ulan Rd., Mudgee, N.S.W., Australia.)

  Marriage Notes:

"HUDSPETH—RAWLING.

Married on Sunday evening at Eurudgeree, William John, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Rawlings, of Mudgee, to Thelma, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hudspeth, of Eurudgeree. The wedding was a quiet one, the Rev. Canon Parr officiating. The future home of the happy couple will be in Mudgee." ⁵