William Charles DONLEN

DONLEN, William Charles

Service Number: 3093
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
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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
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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