William Arthur SWITZER

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SWITZER, William Arthur

Service Number:	669
Enlisted:	27 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 15 March 1892
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 22 July 1916, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Municipality of Hurstville Pictorial Honour Roll No 2, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

27 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 669, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 669, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide
22 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 669, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 669 awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-22

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Biography

"THE LATE LANCE-CORPORAL W. A. SWITZER.

Lance-Corporal W. A. Switzer was the third son of Mr. and Mrs. Switzer, of Hurstville, Sydney. He left Adelaide two years ago, and was in the landing at Gallipoli, where he served until the evacuation. He afterwards went to France, where he was killed in action on July 22. He possessed a bright and genial disposition, and his manliness won for him the highest regard of all who knew him." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 11 Nov 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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