
WORLEY, William Meredith
Service Number: | 6175 |
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Enlisted: | 21 September 1916, Enlisted in Adelaide |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | London, England, 21 October 1885 |
Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Warehouseman |
Died: | Killed In Action, France, 18 July 1918, aged 32 years |
Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux Plot I, Row C, Grave 11, Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, North Adelaide Saint Cyprian's Anglican Church Roll of Honour, North Adelaide War Memorial WW1 |
World War 1 Service
21 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 6175, Enlisted in Adelaide | |
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6 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, SN 6175, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
6 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, SN 6175, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Widow later moved to Southgate, England
9 January 1917 - Disembarked at Plymouth
14 May 1917 - To hospital with chronic appendicitis
25 September 1917 - Proceeded to France from Folkestone
18 December 1917 - Wounded in action, shell wound right leg, transferred to England
8 May 1918 - Proceed to France from Folkestone
15 May 1918 - Rejoined unit
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal