DOLAN, William
| Service Number: | 83 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Bulla, Victoria, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Ambulance Driver |
| Died: | Heart failure, Essendon, Victoria, Australia, 19 June 1943 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Colac Soldier's Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 83, 2nd Field Ambulance | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Driver, 83, 2nd Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Driver, 83, 2nd Field Ambulance, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 28 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 83, 2nd Field Ambulance |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ross Martin
William DOLAN was born at Bulla, Victoria in 1886. His family moved to the Colac area and he was working as a ambulance driver, possibly in Melbourne.
He enlisted, in Melbourne on 18/8/1914 and left Australia on 20/10/1914 aboard the HMAT Wiltshire as part of the Ambulaance Corps.
His NOK was his Mother, Mrs Dolan of Gellibrand, then later Queens Street Colac.
He served on Gallipoli and was evacuated from Gallipoli suffering from Tonsellitis.
In Egypt he was transferred to the 2nd Field Ambulance as a driver and remained with this until until the end of the war.
He returned to Australia on 27/1/1919 and was discharged on 28/3/1919.
William died on 19/6/1943 at the age of 58years. His wife applied to the Repatriation Department for compensation because of war service, but this was denied. At this time the family was living at 14 Duffy Street Essendon.