William Henry GARTRELL

GARTRELL, William Henry

    Service Number: Officer
    Enlisted: 14 August 1914, Thursday Island, Queensland
    Last Rank: Captain
    Last Unit: 26th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 3 September 1893
    Home Town: Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland
    Schooling: Charters Towers State School, Queensland, Australia
    Occupation: Postal employee
    Died: Died of wounds, France, 18 November 1916, aged 23 years
    Cemetery: Douchy-les-Ayette British Cemetery
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Brisbane Albert Street Uniting Church Honour Roll, Charters Towers Queenton State School Roll of Honour, Charters Towers Richmond Hill Teachers and Ex-Pupils Great War Honour Roll, Postmaster-General's Dept Qld. WWI
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Thursday Island, Queensland
    16 Sep 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Kanowna, Thursday Island
    18 Sep 1914: Discharged AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant
    2 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 26th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Queensland
    29 Jun 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
    29 Jun 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
    4 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 26th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    14 Nov 1916: Imprisoned 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17
    18 Nov 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 26th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 26th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1916-11-18

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    Biography

    Original member of the German New Guinea Expeditionary Force. Did not participate in capture of German New Guinea. Returned to Townsville on 18 Sep 1914, on account of the trouble caused by the fireman on troopship.

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