YEAMAN, William Lindsay
| Service Number: | 2513 |
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| 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 |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2513, Enlisted at Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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
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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