William Thomas PIKE

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PIKE, William Thomas

Service Numbers:	1267, 2632
Enlisted:	17 October 1914, Marrickville, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newtown, New South Wales, 6 April 1894
Home Town:	Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	Newtown Superior Public School
Occupation:	Bushman/Drover
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 4 July 1918, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newtown Superior Public School Great War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

17 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1267, Marrickville, New South Wales
21 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 1267, 4th Infantry Brigade Train, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: ''
21 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 1267, 4th Infantry Brigade Train, HMAT Port Macquarie, Sydney
22 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 1267, 4th Infantry Brigade Train, ANZAC / Gallipoli
8 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2632
17 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2632, 34th Infantry Battalion, SS Napier, Sydney
17 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2632, 34th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
25 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Infantry Battalion
18 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2632, 13th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Gassed
4 Jul 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2632, 13th Infantry Battalion, Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2632 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-07-04

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Biography

William Thomas Pike:- war service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western front. Proceeded overseas to France, 9 May 1917

Promoted to Acting Extra Duty Seargent 11 May 1917; reverts to rank of Private 20 May 1917.

Wounded in Action, 18 Oct 1917

Note by Lieutenant John H. East Assistant Adjutant, 13th Battalion 2632 Pte Pike was buried by the 16th Battalion A.I.F.

We have been in communication with them on the subject but they were unable to supply definate information except that he was buried in the Hemelet Communal Cemetary, east of Corbie.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.

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