William George Morley THEOBALD

THEOBALD, William George Morley

Service Number: 792
Enlisted: 1 October 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
Born: Little Downham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, 1894
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Grammar School, March, Cambridgeshire, England
Occupation: Timber Merchant Clerk
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 April 1915
Cemetery: Quinn's Post Cemetery, ANZAC
Special Memorial, Grave 60 Headstone inscription reads: Death is swallowed up in victory 1 Cor. XV. 54, Quinn's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

1 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 792, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 792, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 792, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Arrived in Australia aged 19 years

Son of George and Hannah Jackson Theobald of Station Road, Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Apprenticed ot Architect and Surveyor for a short time

Also served in the Cambridgeshire Territorials for 18 months