INGLIS, William
| Service Number: | 686 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Whitburn, near Edinburgh. Scotland, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Duntroon, Australian Capital Territory |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
VC Corner Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France Panel 2., VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 686, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 686, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Enlisted on 16 July 1915 at Liverpool, New South Wales.
Address at the time was Royal Military College, Duntroon, New South Wales
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana ON 9th November 1915; disembarked Suez, 11 December 1915.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.
Next of kin was given as his sister, Mrs Mary Kay, Royal Military College, Duntroon, New South Wales
Next of kin subsequently stated as his brother, Mr R. Inglis, c/o Mr R. Kidd, 1058 Cathcart Road, Mount Florida, Glasgow, Scotland
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is one of four Australian soldier casualties of the Great War honoured on the Fauldhouse war memorial. Fauldhouse (Scots: Fauldhoose, Scottish Gaelic: Falas) is a village in West Lothian, Scotland. It is about halfway between Glasgow and Edinburgh. The nearest towns to Fauldhouse are Whitburn and Livingston.
Other neighbouring villages include Longridge, Shotts and Stoneyburn.
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