William TOMLINSON

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Service Number:	1840
Enlisted:	7 August 1915, Moree, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Ingleton, Yorkshire, England, 1883
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Cleaner
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 13 October 1917
Cemetery:	Passchendaele, New British Cemetery XIV. E. 8
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Moree ANZAC Centenary Memorial

7 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1840, Moree, New South Wales
17 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 1840, 30th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
17 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 1840, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
7 Oct 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
13 Oct 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1840, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1840 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-13

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