RAINES, William Henry
| Service Number: | 3145 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 20 April 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3145, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3145, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 20 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 3145, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3145 awm_unit: 46th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
3145 Private William Henry Raines, had enlisted in 1915, only 19 years old, and arrived in Egypt with the 14th Battalion in early 1916. His parents Henry and Margaret had both given their consent for him to enlist. He was transferred to the 46th Battalion, and arrived in France in June 1916. His father enlsted in Melbourne during August 1916 and died of illness in hospital shortly after. William was wounded in action at Bullecourt, on the 10 April 1917, with multiple shrapnel wounds to his arms and left leg and he died 10 days later, 20 April 1917, in a hospital in Rouen. He is buried in the St Sever Cemetery Extension Rouen.