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UPTON, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5450 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Wroxeter, Stafford, England, August 1883 |
| Home Town: | Katanning, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Laborer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, Pozieres., France, 12 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Abbeville Communal Cemetery, Abbeville, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5450, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5450, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Aeneas, Fremantle |
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