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WILLANS, George William
Personal Details
Service Number: | 914 |
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Enlisted: | 16 January 1916, Wst Maitland |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
Born: | Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia, 7 June 1891 |
Home Town: | West Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Maitland Boys' High School and Hawkesbury Agricultural College, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Assistant Factory Manager |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 20 December 1916, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres III. C. 5., Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maitland High School Roll of Honour, Richmond University of Western Sydney WW1 Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 914, 34th Infantry Battalion, Wst Maitland | |
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2 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 914, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
2 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 914, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
14 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery | |
20 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 914, 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 914 awm_unit: 9th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-12-20 |
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