AULD, William Hamilton
| Service Number: | 1058 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 December 1915, 2 years 16th Infantry Militia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Greta, New South Wales, Australia, 4 April 1896 |
| Home Town: | Minmi, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wheeler |
| Died: | Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 21 November 1964, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Minmi Roll of Honour, Minmi St Andrew's Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1058, 35th Infantry Battalion, 2 years 16th Infantry Militia | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1058, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1058, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 19 Apr 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1058, 35th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, Medical discharge (wounding) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
The Minmi Roll of Honour has 79 names inscribed of those who returned home from The Great War.
The 25th name inscribed is Pte William Hamilton Auld.
On the 23rd November 1964, Private William Hamilton Auld, 35th Battalion (Reg No-1058), wheeler from Main Street, Minmi, New South Wales and West Wallsend, N.S.W., died at Burwood, N.S.W., age 68 years 7 months, and ashes possibly scattered at Rookwood Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, N.S.W.
Born at Greta, New South Wales on the 4th April 1896 to William Hamilton, died 9.6.1944, West Wallsend, N.S.W., age 83, buried at West Wallsend General Cemetery, N.S.W., Old Sec 1, Row W, Plot 43, from Greta, N.S.W. and Main Street, Minmi, N.S.W. and Wilson Street, West Wallsend, N.S.W., and Jane Auld nee MacCleery, died 1.6.1930, Wallsend Hospital, N.S.W., age 76, mother of 3 sons, 2 daughters, sleeping at West Wallsend General Cemetery, N.S.W., Old Sec 1, Row W, Plot 42, from Greta, N.S.W. and Main Street, Minmi, N.S.W. and Wilson Street, West Wallsend, N.S.W.; husband of Lillian Mary Auld nee Tuffrey, married 1920, Wallsend, N.S.W., died 23.2.1984, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 81, sleeping at Sandgate Cemetery, N.S.W., CATHOLIC 1-14. 23.
William enlisted on the 31st December 1915, age 19 years 8 months, at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 1st May 1916.
Disembarked Plymouth, England 9.7.1916.
Proceeded O/Seas to France from Southampton, England 21.11.1916.
Admitted to hospital 31.12.1916 (mumps).
Wounded in action - 15.3.1917 (GSW left buttock & right heel or ankle).
Commenced return to Australia 30.1.1918.
William arrived home on the 21st March 1918, being discharged medically unfit on the 19th April 1918.
Mr. Auld’s name has also been inscribed on the Minmi St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/minmi-roll-of-honour/.
Lest We Forget.
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