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FERNS, William Morton

Service Number:	3727
Enlisted:	2 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Liverpool, Lancashire, England, 7 June 1878
Home Town:	Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Metalier
Died:	Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	New Irish Farm Cemetery Plot XXXI. Row F. Grave 14.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board

World War 1 Service

2 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3727, Depot Battalion (AIF), Melbourne, Victoria
23 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3727, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
26 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 2nd Training Battalion
15 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 59th Infantry Battalion
19 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 58th Infantry Battalion
18 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3727, 59th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Kinfauns Castle"
29 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3727, 59th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3727, 59th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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Private William Morton Ferns was re-buried at New Irish Farm Cemetery, Belgium, after the war.