BANKS, William Henry
Service Number: | 3084 |
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Enlisted: | 9 July 1915 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 26 June 1897 |
Home Town: | North Perth, Vincent, Western Australia |
Schooling: | North Perth State School, Western Australia |
Occupation: | Printer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 12 August 1916, aged 19 years |
Cemetery: |
London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 25 (Remains discovered 1936), London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle (Unknown Origin) Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
9 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3084, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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13 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3084, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
13 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3084, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Themistocles, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
William Banks was said to have been buried in a trench at Pozieres by shellfire according to statements in his Red Cross file. Nothing could be done about getting him out, although his mates tried, they were under extremely heavy bombardment at the time.
His remains were found and identified due to the presence of his identity disc during 1936 by the Commonwealth War Graves, and reburied in a military cemetery.