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DONLEN, William Charles
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3093 |
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Enlisted: | 29 July 1915, Enlisted Melbourne Victoria posted to 1st Depot Battalion Broadmeadows Camp for training |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 March 1891 |
Home Town: | Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria |
Schooling: | South Melbourne State School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Billiard Marker |
Died: | Natural Causes , Newport, Victoria, Australia, 2 June 1938, aged 47 years |
Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Church of England Section Family Plot |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
29 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3093, 1st Depot Battalion, Enlisted Melbourne Victoria posted to 1st Depot Battalion Broadmeadows Camp for training | |
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29 Oct 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Infantry Battalion, Allocated to 7th reinforcement’s 21st Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria | |
18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3093, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3093, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
26 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, Initial posted to 60th Battalion on reorganisation of the AIF | |
3 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Taken on Strength of the Battalion in the field Egypt Ex reinforcement’s 21st Battalion | |
6 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Admitted 3rd Aux Hospital dysentery for treatment and convalescence | |
11 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Infantry Battalion, Reallocated and Taken on Strength of the 21st Battalion in the field France ex Hospital Egypt and UK | |
20 Mar 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3093, 21st Infantry Battalion, 2nd Passchendaele , Gunshot wound left foot (shrapnel) at Bapaume evacuated to England for treatment and convalescence | |
28 Jul 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3093, 21st Infantry Battalion, Evacuated to Australia on NZ Ship HT 82 for Change SW left foot | |
30 Nov 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3093, 21st Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit GSW left foot |
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