Selby Roy Whiting

Service number: 18415

Rank: Gunner

Unit: 7th Field Artillery Brigade

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Source: National Archives of Australia

Roy Whiting was born at Taralga, NSW in 1889 and was a chemist. He enlisted on 25 November 1915, giving as next of kin his brother, living in Sydney.

He embarked on 11 May 1916, and served in France with the 7th Field Artillery Brigade, first as a Gunner, then as a Driver, then as Bombardier. He returned to Australia on the Karmalaon 1 July 1919. His connection with Manly is not known. He died at Healesville, Victoria in 1936.