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PLOUGHWRIGHT, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 50121 |
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| 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, Victoria 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 | |
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| 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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