William Edwin YATES

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Service Number:	7796
Enlisted:	16 October 1917, Enlisted at Grafton, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Grafton, Clarence Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 25 March 1967, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Grafton Primary School Great War Honor Roll

16 Oct 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7796, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Grafton, NSW
19 Dec 1917:	Involvement Private, 7796, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
19 Dec 1917:	Embarked Private, 7796, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
29 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7796, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of George James Yates and Amelia Janes Yates of Grafton, NSW

Next of kin given as his sister Mabel Crispin nee Yates of Alice Street, Grafton, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 6 June 1918 aboard HT Barambah disembarking on the 31 July 1918

Medal: British War Medal

In 1941 William was residing in Bonalbo, NSW