BACCHUS, William
| Service Number: | 2138 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 February 1916, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Luton, Queensland, Australia, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Licensed Hawker |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 21 February 1950, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Hemmant Cemetery and Crematorium, Brisbane, Queensland Monumental. D. 3. 16. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2138, 49th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2138, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2138, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Husband of Mrs Elizabeth Bacchus, Happy Moments Estate, Manly, Queensland
Bill was discharged as medically unfit after struggling with trench foot and frostbite on both feet. Back in Manly, Bill was suffering from shellshock and moved to Amity Point on North Stradbroke Isalnd, seeking a quieter life.
Mr. William Bacchus, well known bay identity has died aged 72. The late Tom Welsby dubbed him 'Mayor of Amity Point' and thus was known to hundreds of fishermen and yachtsmen over the years. Suffering from war disabilities in 1918, he settled at Amity and lived there for many years. His residence as popularly named 'town hall'. Years ago he acted as teacher to children where no school existed, and with his qualifications as a St. John's Ambulance man, he was called upon for first aid work. He had the first telephone in Amity, and at one stage was postmaster, and conducted the first polling booth there. For the past three years he had lived at Manly. His wife and sone survive him.