William Robert Clarence GANE

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GANE, William Robert Clarence

Service Number:	WX18345
Enlisted:	30 December 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Infantry Training Battalions
Born:	Geraldton, Western Australia, 25 December 1914
Home Town:	Picton Junction, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Truck Drive
Died:	Mandurah, Western Australia, 30 November 1983, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia MCB-292135-K5W6J3 KC00075627 Ashes dispersed at Karrakatta Cemetery
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World War 2 Service

30 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX18345, Infantry Training Battalions
3 Mar 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX18345, Infantry Training Battalions

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private William Robert Clarence Gane (Service No:WX18345) enlisted in the Australian Army on 30 December 1941 and was attached to 13 Training Battalion when he Discharged on 3 March 1942.

Born in 1914 in Geraldton WA, William was the eldest of two children of William Gane Snr (b1875 in Hotham, Victoria) and Sarah Ann Clarkson (b1880 in Greenough, WA). William Snr (a Carrier) and Sarah married in 1900 in Geraldton WA where they settled and raised their family. William Snr worked as a Carrier and WAGR Employee before he and Sarah retired to Margaret River WA in 1950.

William worked as a Butcher in Geraldton WA where in 1934 he married Beulah Dixon (b1915 in Fremantle, WA). By 1941 William and Beulah were living at Picton Junction nr Bunbury where William was a Truck Driver when he enlisted in the Army. Following his Discharge, he worked as a Butcher in Picton Junction before moving to Ross Brook where he was a Dairy Farmer for ten years. By 1963 William and Beulah had moved to Geraldton WA where William was a Road Worker with Main Roads Department. In 1972 they were living in York WA where Beulah was a Cook and William the Cook's Offsider. After a brief stay in Mt Magnet, they retired to Mandurah where William died in 1983. Beulah died in 2011.

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