William John MARRIS

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Service Number:	1351
Enlisted:	25 January 1915
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	8th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, 1 March 1893
Home Town:	Abbotsford, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 27 October 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Ypres Reservoir Cemetery Plot I, Row I, Grave No. 26
Memorials:

25 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1351, 2nd Field Company Engineers
10 Sep 1915:	Involvement Sapper, 1351, 2nd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
10 Sep 1915:	Embarked Sapper, 1351, 2nd Field Company Engineers, SS Makarini, Melbourne
30 Jan 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 8th Field Company Engineers

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