William Edward WAUGH

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WAUGH, William Edward

Service Number:	307
Enlisted:	9 September 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Lannecoorie, Victoria, Australia, 17 October 1891
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Lannecoorie State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Machinist
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 51, Lone Pine Memorial
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

9 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 307, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 307, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 307, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 307, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli
2 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 307, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment was 16 Stirling Street, Perth, WA

Son of John and Lucy M. Waugh of Laannecoorie, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Robert Wight

L Cpl 307 William Edward Waugh was killed in action 2 May 1915 while fighting at Quinn's Post. He was out on Dead man's Ridge when the Turks opened fire cutting his company to pieces. The Battalion lost over 200 men in this attempt to take the Turk trenches at Baby 700.

Source: Gallipoli Heroes, p.114

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