William Joseph YATES

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Service Number:	6617
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

8 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6617, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bairnsdale, Victoriia
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

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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