William (Bill) PLOUGHWRIGHT

PLOUGHWRIGHT, William

Service Number: 50121
Enlisted: 17 July 1917, Allocated to 1st General Service Reinforcement’s Victoria at Broadmeadows Camp 14March 1918
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 16th Army Service Corps
Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 22 June 1896
Home Town: Burnley, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling: Bendigo State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Natural Causes , 5 November 1941, aged 45 years, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton
Church of England Section Plot 227

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World War 1 Service

17 Jul 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 50121, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, Allocated to 1st General Service Reinforcement’s Victoria at Broadmeadows Camp 14March 1918
18 Jul 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Depot Battalion, Transferred to Broadmeadows Camp allocated to 25/8th then 20/21st then 8/38th, 10/59th Bn finally 1st GSR (V) Sent to Macleod Sanatorium for treatment of TB
21 Mar 1918: Involvement Private, 50121, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
21 Mar 1918: Embarked Private, 50121, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, HMAT Persic, Sydney
31 May 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Allocated to reinforce 22nd Battalion from 5th Training Battalion UK
17 Oct 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Transferred to Unit in France via Southampton UK
21 Jan 1919: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 16th Army Service Corps, Taken on Strength of Unit in the field France
12 Jul 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 50121, 16th Army Service Corps, RTA 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment on HT Chemnitz
28 Nov 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 50121, 16th Army Service Corps, Discharged 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment

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