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MACREADIE, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 612 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 February 1916, Sale, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Gormandale, Victoria, 29 March 1885 |
| Home Town: | Willung, Wellington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Engine Driver |
| Died: | Natural causes (heart failure), Traralgon, Victoria, 24 January 1966, aged 80 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rosedale Cemetery, Victoria |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 612, 38th Infantry Battalion, Sale, Victoria | |
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| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 612, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 20 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 612, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 28 May 1917: | Wounded GSW (right arm and side) | |
| 28 Oct 1917: | Transferred 21st Machine Gun Company | |
| 28 Jul 1918: | Wounded "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", 2nd occasion - GSW (left wrist) | |
| 13 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 612, 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
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