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DARWIN, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 780 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Appointed Orderly to Captain Humphrey |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Bendigo Central School No.1976, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Lunatic Asylum Warder |
| Memorials: | Bendigo Central School Honor Roll, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo St John's Church of England Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 780, 7th Infantry Battalion, Appointed Orderly to Captain Humphrey | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 780, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 780, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 780, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 18 Sep 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 780, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shell shock (buried by a shell explosion while carrying a wounded man to CCS). | |
| 31 Jan 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 780, 7th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit (shell shock). |
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