William Meredith WORLEY

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WORLEY, William Meredith

Service Number:	6175
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
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lower North Adelaide War Memorial WW1, North Adelaide Saint Cyprian's Anglican Church Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

21 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6175, Enlisted in Adelaide
6 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6175, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
6 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6175, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide

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Biography 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

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