DENHAM, William
| Service Number: | 426 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 March 1916, 14 years British Navy |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Somerset, England, July 1875 |
| Home Town: | Stockton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Rigger |
| Died: | Tighes Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 23 September 1929, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-144. 9. |
| Memorials: | St Paul's Church Stockton HR, Stockton Soldiers Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 426, 36th Infantry Battalion, 14 years British Navy | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 426, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 13 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 426, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 10 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 426, 36th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
94 years ago today, on the Tuesday afternoon of the 24th September 1929, Private William J Denham, 33rd Battalion (Reg No-426), rigger from Douglas Street, Stockton, New South Wales and 25 Bryant Street, Tighes Hill, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 54. ANGLICAN 2-144. 9.
Born at Somerset, England about 1875 to Alfred and Elizabeth Denham; husband of Celia T Denham nee? (married?, died 16.9.1957, age 78, 28 years a widow, sleeping here), Will enlisted on the 1st March 1916 with the 36th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A72 Beltana on the 13th May 1916.
Wounded in action - 16.7.1917 (GSW right leg).
Granted leave to England from 22.10.1917 to 3.11.1917.
Admitted to hospital 12.5.1917 (malaria), 4.10.1918 (pyrexia or trench fever).
Embarked for England 7.10.1918.
Will was invalided home on the 20th April 1919, being discharged medically unfit (effort syndrome) on the 10th June 1919.
Mr. Denham’s name has been inscribed on the Stockton Soldiers' Memorial, Stockton St. Paul's Anglican Church Honour Roll and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at William’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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