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TILLEY, William Herbert

Service Number:	3265
Enlisted:	21 July 1915, 5’4.5”, 10 stone, 2 pounds, fair complexion, blue eyes and light brown hair, C of E
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Albert Park, Victoria, Australia, 22 July 1892
Home Town:	Ivanhoe, Banyule, Victoria
Schooling:	Port Melbourne State School No.2932, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Factory Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 28 March 1918, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Berks Cemetery Extension "NEARER MY GOD TO THEE",
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

21 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3265, 23rd Infantry Battalion, 5’4.5”, 10 stone, 2 pounds, fair complexion, blue eyes and light brown hair, C of E
26 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3265, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
26 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3265, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
19 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3265, 24th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria per HMT Scotian, disembarked Marseilles 18 May, 1916.
3 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 23rd Infantry Battalion
3 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3265, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), Gun shot wound left shoulder. Line of Command: - 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, with a base at Grevillers outside of Bapaume - loaded onto No.3 Ambulance Train and admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital, Rouen. He stayed overnight in 2nd Convalescent Hospital, Rouen, returning to 1st AGH next day - 17 May, 1917 invalided to England per Hospital Ship Western Australian, to Grove Road Military Hospital, Richmond.
28 Mar 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3265, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Return to the Catacombs for A and B Companies 24 March, 2022, C Company at Avenue Farm and D Company at Only Way. 28 March, 1918, D Company at Only Way experienced heavy shelling, causing casualties. William died in action that day.

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