BURGESS, William Livingstone Hatchwell
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 31 August 1914, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Colonel |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Manchester , Longsight , England, 18 February 1880 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Wellington, New Zealand, 3 April 1964, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 31 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Hobart, Tasmania | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Major, Officer, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Major, Officer, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Geelong, Hobart | |
| 12 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 25 Aug 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Colonel | |
| 10 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
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"In late 1913 Burgess was sent to Tasmania on exchange with the Australian Military Forces, and when the First World War broke out in August 1914 he joined the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF) rather than returning to New Zealand to volunteer for the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He embarked for the Middle East with the 3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade on 20 October 1914 aboard the Geelong." - Read more about William Burgess (en.wikipedia.org)
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