William Ross CAPPER

CAPPER, William Ross

Service Number: 111
Enlisted: 10 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 9th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Torrens Vale, South Australia, 9 May 1886
Home Town: Maylands (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Electrician
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli (Hill 60), Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 28 August 1915, aged 29 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorialised omn Lone Pine Memorial Panel 8 , Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kurralta Park Employees of the Adelaide Electric Supply Company Limited Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, St Peters Heroes War Memorial, Yankalilla District Roll of Honour WW1, Yankalilla War Memorial Wall
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World War 1 Service

10 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 111, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Morphettville, South Australia
12 Jan 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 111, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: ''
12 Jan 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 111, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Armadale, Melbourne
28 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 111, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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