LAVERS, William Vincent
| Service Numbers: | 3105, 3105A |
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| Enlisted: | 23 August 1915, Enlisted at Holdsworthy (now Holsworthy) |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 13th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Chippendale, New South Wales, Australia, February 1891 |
| Home Town: | Lakemba, Canterbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tram Conductor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 21 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Town of Roma and Shire of Bungil WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3105, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holdsworthy (now Holsworthy) | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3105, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3105, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 21 Oct 1917: | Involvement Driver, 3105A, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3105A awm_unit: 13th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1917-10-21 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
William Vincent LAVERS (Service Number 3105A) was born at Chippendale about February 1891. When he enlisted at Holdsworthy on 23rd August 1915 he gave his ‘trade or calling’ as ‘Tram Conductor’. As he was unmarried, he gave his mother living in Lakemba (Sydney suburb) as his next of kin.
He left Australia from Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Suevic’ on 20th December 1915. He reached Egypt in February 1916 and was taken on the strength of the 5th Training Battalion, and then the 55th Battalion, before transfer to the 5th Division Artillery as a Driver for the 57th Battery at Ferry Post.
He embarked at Alexandria for passage to Marseilles and France on 17th June 1916. In January 1917 he was hospitalised with Scabies and admitted to the 38th Casualty Clearing Station at the end of the month. It was early March before he was fit again. He was then transferred to the 13th Field Battery and posted to the 51st Battery.
In August he was disciplined for an unusual offence – Ill-treating a horse used in the public services. For this he received 14 days Field Punishment No. 2 and a forfeiture of £4.4.0 pay.
In September 1917 he was granted furlough, returning to duty on the 21st.
On 21st October 1917 he was killed in action. He has no known grave. Lavers is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board