William Lindsay YEAMAN

YEAMAN, William Lindsay

Service Number: 2513
Enlisted: 26 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 18th Infantry Battalion
Born: Broughly Ferry, Scotland, 1891
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Barry Public School, Scotland
Occupation: Bootmaker
Died: Died of wounds, France, 18 July 1918
Cemetery: Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme
Plot 1V, Row A, Grave 24 Rev. A.G. Harris officiated, Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy St Pierre, Amiens, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

26 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2513, Enlisted at Liverpool, New South Wales
5 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 2513, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 2513, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Parents address was Barry, Carnoustie, Forfarshire, Scotland

Served as an aprrentice for 4 years with Scroggies Bors, Scotland

Arrived in Australia aged 20 years

10 January 1916 - Taken on strength Tel-el-Kebir

18 March 1916 - Proceeded to join for BEF from Alexandria

23 March 1916 - Disembarked at Marseilles

3 May 1917 - Wounded in action, gunshot wound to the thigh

9 May 1917 - Drunk on active service fined 5/-

24 July 1917 - Improperly dresses, in possession of another soldiers pass. Fined 14 days full pays

18 March 1918 - AwOL from billet. Fined 14 days pay

17 July 1918 - Wounded in action, shell wound to the lung

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Date of enlistment: 26.07.1915
Place of enlistment: Liverpool, NSW

He was 27 at death.

Carnoustie (/kɑːrˈnuːsti/; Scots: Carnoustie, Scottish Gaelic: Càrn Ùstaidh) is a town and former police burgh in the council area of Angus, Scotland. It is at the mouth of the Barry Burn on the North Sea coast.

Carnoustie can be considered a dormitory town for its nearest city, Dundee, which is 11 miles to the west.

He is remembered on the Carnoustie War Memorial.

Broughty Ferry is a suburb of Dundee, Scotland. It is situated four miles east of the city centre on the north bank of the Firth of Tay. The area was a separate burgh from 1864 until 1913, when it was incorporated into Dundee.

Dundee paid a high price for her war efforts. By the armistice, over 4,000 men and several women had made the ultimate sacrifice. Their names are recorded in the city’s Roll of Honour.

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