TWEEDIE, William Alfred
| Service Number: | 4373 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 September 1915, Holdsworthy, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Bathurst, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Cowra Public School, Bathurst High School |
| Occupation: | Clerk/Linotyper Sydney Morning Herald |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Hermies, France, 9 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Beaumetz Cross Roads Cemetery, Beaumetz-les-Cambrai Row B, Grave No. 7 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4373, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Holdsworthy, NSW | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4373, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4373, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
| 14 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4373, proceeded to and joined 2nd Battalion ex Zeitoun | |
| 14 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4373, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR), 2nd Batn B213 joined 2nd Battalion Tel-el-Akbir | |
| 28 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4373, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR), Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Disembarked at Marseilles | |
| 24 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 4373, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR), Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, To United Kingdom on Leave from France | |
| 10 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 4373, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Rejoined Battalion in France | |
| 9 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 4373, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4373 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-09 | |
| 22 Feb 2016: | Embarked Private, 4373, Embarked for Overseas per C/O Troops,"Ivernia", from Alexandria |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George Robert and Susan Elizabeth Tweedie, of 2, Carshalton St., Croydon, New South Wales. Native of Dubbo.
William was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. G.R. Tweedie of Croydon. He was educated at the Cowra Public School, and afterwards at the Bathurst High School and after leaving school joined the clerical staff of the Sydney Morning Herald.
In August 1915, he volunteered and was accepted for service as a Signaller and was posted to reinforcements for the 2nd Battalion. A few months later he was in action in France, being in the engagements at Armentieres and Pozieres, and thence through the Somme. He was killed in the Battle of Arras at Hermes in April 1917.
Two brothers also seved throughout the war.
HE'S JUST PUT ASIDE HIS GUN & SWORD AND GONE TO JOIN HIS JUST REWARD
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