William Elliott HARVEY

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HARVEY, William Elliott

Service Number:	237
Enlisted:	8 March 1917
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Yacka, South Australia, 15 January 1896
Home Town:	Yacka, South Australia
Schooling:	Yacka Public School
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 16 March 1917, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	AIF Burial Ground, Grass Lane, Flers Plot IX, Row J, Grave No. 7
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Yacka Public School Roll of Honour, Yacka WWI Honour Board, Yacka War Memorial

World War 1 Service

4 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 237, 8th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 237, 8th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
8 Mar 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1

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Biography

Son fo Samuel George HARVEY and Elizabeth Ann nee HUTCHENS

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA: 1889 - 1931) Monday 3 December 1917

DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE

HARVEY. —Killed in action in France, October 3, Private E.L.G. Harvey, 27th Battalion, the eldest dearly beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Harvey, Yacka.

We miss you from our home, dear Laurie,

It's sweet to breathe your name;

In life we loved you very dear,

In death we do the same.

Inserted by his sorrowing parents.

HARVEY.—Killed in action, in France, March 16, Private W. E. Harvey, 2nd and 8th Machine Gun Company, the second eldest dearly beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Harvey, Yacka.

No loved ones stood around him,

To bid a fond farewell;

No word of comfort could we give,

To him we loved so dear.

Inserted by his sorrowing parents.

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