William URQUHART

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Service Number:	2912
Enlisted:	24 July 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Duigwall, Scotland, 1882
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 7 February 1945, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Zone D, Section 15, Grave 3745. Interred on 9 February 1945
Memorials:

24 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2912, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
9 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2912, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2912, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
26 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2912, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Gassed and admitted to a field medical unit the day.
20 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2912, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Second occasion and invalided to England with a scalp wound.
15 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2912, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfitl

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Son of William Urquhart and Margaret Urquhart of Cove, Gairloch, Scotland.

William had previously serving with the Royal Navy Reserves for five years.

Commenced return to Australia on 25 January 1919 aboard HT Ceramic disembarking on 14 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal