Historical information

William Frederick Mawson was born in 1893 to Frederick William and Mary Mawson. Prior to the war, William was employed for 5 years as a carpenter with his older brother John who was a partner in Garrett & Mawson, architects and builders of Box Hill. At the age of 22, he enlisted on the 15 July 1915 and was assigned to the 5th Field Company of Engineers, training as a sapper. William served for nearly 2 years and was killed in 1917, only months before the end of the war whilst putting up barbed wire at Oestoik. His body was brought back the 4 miles from Oestoik to Lille Gate, Ypres in Belgium.

Physical description

Framed photograph of soldier within fabric inset, embroidered with English and Australian flags, white ribbon at base of green wreath which surrounds photo.