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WAGNER, William John
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2290 |
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Enlisted: | 2 June 1915, Claremont, Tasmania |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Woodsdale, Tasmania, May 1890 |
Home Town: | Runnymede, Southern Midlands, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Natural causes, Hobart, Tasmania, 4 August 1956 |
Cemetery: |
Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Cremated |
Memorials: | Lindisfarne Officers of the 12th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
2 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2290, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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25 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2290, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Fremantle | |
25 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2290, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
6 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2290, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
10 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery | |
26 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2290, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages | |
2 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery | |
1 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
19 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
19 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Shell wound (back) | |
14 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion |
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