VAN DRIEL, William
Service Numbers: | 309, 6358 |
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Enlisted: | 25 April 1914, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Rotterdam Holland , 1888 |
Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed In Action, France, 1 May 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Le Peuplier Military Cemetery Row A, Grave No. 9 |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
25 Apr 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 309, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 309, 10th Infantry Battalion, Embarked HT Ascanius at Adelaide, SA | |
19 Aug 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 309, 10th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to synovitis | |
10 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6358, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
24 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 6358, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Botanist embarkation_ship_number: A59 public_note: '' | |
24 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 6358, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Botanist, Melbourne | |
17 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery, From 12th Battalion | |
26 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Infantry Battalion, From 3rd Light Trench Mortar |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was given as C/- Barrier Cafe, Oxide Street Broken Hill, NSW.
Son of W. Van Driel of Adelaide Club Hotel, Broken Hill, NSW
Previously served with the Dutch Marines for six years.
Commenced return to Australia on 10 June 1915 aboard HT Kyarra
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Husband of Gertrude Ella Van Driel of George Street, Launceston, Tasmania. Father of William Lionel Van Driel