SCOTCHER, William Joseph
| Service Number: | 148 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 June 1915, South Head, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 36th Heavy Artillery Group |
| Born: | Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, 12 October 1890 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Musician |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 23 April 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
St. Nicholas British Cemetery Plot 1, Row G, Grave 22 , St Nicolas British Cemetery, St Nicolas, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 148, Siege Artillery Brigade, South Head, Sydney | |
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| 17 Jul 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 148, Siege Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jul 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 148, Siege Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 23 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 148, 36th Heavy Artillery Group | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement He was an Acting Bombardier in the 36th Battalion, Australian Heavy Artillery. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Born Bishop's Stortford,
Births Dec 1890 Scotcher William Joseph P B. Stortford 3a 433.
Enlisted Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
He is commemorated on the war memorial in the town of his birth, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire. The memorial is dedicated to the men who fell in both World War 1 and World War 2 and is in the form of a square obelisk and is located in the Town Park, Bishops Stortford, just off the A1250 where it crosses the River Stort.
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
William was born as William Joseph Peachey SCOTCHER on 12th October, 1890 in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England
His parents were Robert SCOTCHER & Clara Sarah PEACHEY who married in Cambridge, UK in 1872
He married Charlotte KANE in Sydney in 1913 and had one son, William Robert SCOTCHER born 1914
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