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MAES, William Alexander
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2652 |
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Enlisted: | 8 April 1915, Bendigo, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1896 |
Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 June 1918 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, North Bendigo State School No 1267 Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
8 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2652, 6th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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26 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2652, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
26 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2652, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
31 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2652, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
14 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2652, 6th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm | |
14 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2652, 6th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Hazebrouck | |
5 Jun 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2652, 6th Infantry Battalion, Strazeele |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Pte Maes enlisted on 8 April 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Anchises on 26 August 1915. On 5 June 1918 he was killed in action while holding the line near Strazeele, France.