William Hope MUIR

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Service Number:	2508
Enlisted:	24 May 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Yalgoo Western Australia, December 1899
Home Town:	Mandurah, Mandurah, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fisherman
Died:	Suicide, Maylands, Perth, Western Australia, 26 October 1934
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
Memorials:	Yalgoo War Memorial

24 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2508, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
24 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2508, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
18 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2508, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Chilka embarkation_ship_number: A51 public_note: ''
18 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2508, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Chilka, Fremantle
10 Aug 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2508, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), SWs to his head and right leg which was subsequently amputated.
29 Jan 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2508, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), 5th MD, wounding

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