William Watt POWELL

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Service Number:	2459
Enlisted:	7 June 1915, 6th Territorial force
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hereford, England, June 1889
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fireman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 17 April 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

7 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2459, 1st Infantry Battalion, 6th Territorial force
14 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 2459, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
14 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 2459, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
16 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Infantry Battalion, Temp Cpl 27/6/1917 to 7/11/1917
17 Apr 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 2459, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2459 awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-17

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He was 29 and the son of Clara Powell of 112, The Cross, Whitecross Road, Hereford.

He is remembered on the HEREFORD WHITE CROSS MEMORIAL.

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