PIKE, William Thomas
Service Numbers: | 1267, 2632 |
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Enlisted: | 17 October 1914, Marrickville, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Newtown, New South Wales, 6 April 1894 |
Home Town: | Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Newtown Superior Public School |
Occupation: | Bushman/Drover |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 July 1918, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newtown Superior Public School Great War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
17 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1267, Marrickville, New South Wales | |
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21 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 1267, 4th Infantry Brigade Train, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: '' | |
21 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 1267, 4th Infantry Brigade Train, HMAT Port Macquarie, Sydney | |
22 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 1267, 4th Infantry Brigade Train, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
8 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2632 | |
17 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2632, 34th Infantry Battalion, SS Napier, Sydney | |
17 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2632, 34th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
25 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
18 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2632, 13th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Gassed | |
4 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2632, 13th Infantry Battalion, Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2632 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-07-04 |
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William Thomas Pike:- war service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western front. Proceeded overseas to France, 9 May 1917
Promoted to Acting Extra Duty Seargent 11 May 1917; reverts to rank of Private 20 May 1917.
Wounded in Action, 18 Oct 1917
Note by Lieutenant John H. East Assistant Adjutant, 13th Battalion 2632 Pte Pike was buried by the 16th Battalion A.I.F.
We have been in communication with them on the subject but they were unable to supply definate information except that he was buried in the Hemelet Communal Cemetary, east of Corbie.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.