AGLAND, William Edwin
| Service Number: | 6219 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 March 1916, Enlisted at Victoria Barracks, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Australian Imperial Force |
| Born: | Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 13 November 1894 |
| Home Town: | Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | East Orange Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Assistant Town Clerk |
| Died: | Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 16 February 1982, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Orange General Cemetery, New South Wales Anglican Lawn 1, Allotment 17, Row 17 |
| Memorials: | East Orange Public School Roll of Honor, Orange Holy Trinity Anglican Church Honour Board, Orange WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Mar 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 6219, Australian Imperial Force, Enlisted at Victoria Barracks, Sydney, NSW, Australia | |
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| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6219, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked Embarked Sydney onboard H.M.A.T Euripides on 9th Sept 1916. Disembarked Plymouth England 26th Oct 1916 | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6219, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 15 Feb 1917: | Embarked Embarked on S.S Victoria from Folkestone, England for France | |
| 2 May 1917: | Embarked Embarked at La Havre, France to England | |
| 2 May 1917: | Embarked Embarked at La Havre, France for England | |
| 3 May 1917: | Wounded Admitted to Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, England suffering from severe Trench Foot | |
| 20 Oct 1917: | Embarked Embarked at Southampton, England for France | |
| 14 Nov 1917: | Transferred Australian Imperial Force, Re-joined 4th Battalion on 14th November 1917 | |
| 1 May 1918: | Promoted Sergeant, Promoted to acting Sergeant | |
| 31 May 1919: | Embarked Returned to England from France | |
| 12 Jul 1919: | Promoted Sergeant, Promoted to permanent Sergeant | |
| 12 Jul 1919: | Embarked Embarked 12th July 1919 England onboard Aeneas, Disembarked 28th August 1919 Sydney Australia | |
| 20 Jan 2017: | Embarked Embarked at Southampton, England for France. | |
| 20 Apr 2017: | Wounded Hospitalised in the field with Trench Foot |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Richard Hands
Father: William Edwin Agland, had a Auction Room and real estate agency, wasan Alderman and was Mayor of Orange in 1910
Home Address: 47 Piesely Street, Orange, NSW, Australia.
He saw action at the second battle of the Somme as well as fighting around Pozieres
He was wounded whilst operating a Lewis machine gun and almost had his feet amputated due to severe trench foot and subsequent gangrene.
Awarded British War Medal, Victory Medal
After the war Captain William Agland served with the 6th Light horse just before the outbreak of World War two. He participated in the re-enactment of the famous WW1 charge on Beersheba in the film “40,00 Horsemen”, which was filmed in Orange
He volunteered and worked for 73 years for the Orange sub-branch of the “returned and Service League” and consequently in January 1971, was awarded a M.B.E for Services to the community
The RSL Museum, Anson Street, Orange is named in his honour
Biography contributed by Richard Hands
WW2: Place of enlistment -NOWRA NSW
Service Number: N3988
Next of Kin - Edith Agland.
See NAA Record Summary
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