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YATES, William Joseph
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6617 |
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Enlisted: | 8 August 1916, Enlisted at Bairnsdale, Victoriia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 1878 |
Home Town: | Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Bairnsdale State School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Grazier |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 6th Australian General Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 8 October 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated in the Bairnsdale Cemetery, Victoria, Belgium, Brisbane General Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bairnsdale Forge Creek Great European War Roll of Honor, Bairnsdale Picnic Point Fallen Soldiers Honour Roll, Daylesford Mt Prospect State School No 444 Roll of Honor, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Mt Prospect Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
8 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6617, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bairnsdale, Victoriia | |
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2 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6617, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
2 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6617, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
1 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 23rd Infantry Battalion, From 8th Battalion at Havre | |
8 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 6617, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6617 awm_unit: 23 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-08 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Joseph Yates and Susannah Maria Yates of Bairnsdale, Victoria
Husband of Jessie Christina Yates nee Spillman of 'Forge Creek', Bairnsdale. Willaim and Jessie married during 1910c in Victoria
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal