BATES, Wilfred Samuel Wilson
| Service Number: | 4135 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 August 1915, Place of Enlistment Brisbane Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Lowdham Nottingham England , July 1891 |
| Home Town: | Herberton, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fruit Hand |
| Died: | Herberton, Queensland, Australia , 20 March 1963, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Herberton General Cemetery, Qld Row 30, Plot 24C. Of E Section. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4135, 9th Corps Signals, Place of Enlistment Brisbane Queensland | |
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| 3 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4135, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4135, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane | |
| 26 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4135, 47th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot Wound in the right arm and was admitted to Staty Hospital | |
| 13 Aug 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Wilfred Samuel Bates (Sammy)
Pte Wilfred Bates Sammy was born in 1891 at Lowdham, Nottingham. He was 5`3", had gray eyes and brown hair His next of kin was his Mother, Mrs Bessie Wilson Bates, The Elms, Epperstone, Nottingham. His father William James Bates owned a Sporting Company in Nottingham. Pte Bates was a farm worker in the UK and worked in Montville as a fruit farmer. He enlisted on 26th August 1915 and sailed on the HMAT Kyara out of Brisbane on 3/1/1916
He was transferred from the 9th to 47th Btl.on 26/4/1916 at Serapeum. Wounded in France 15/4/1918 with a gunshot wound in the right arm and was admitted to Staty Hospital
After he recovered from his injury he was transferred from 47th to 45th Bt 13/8/1918.
He returned to Australia on the Argylshire and disembarked on 22/9/1919
In the census of 1919 he is listed in Lilley, Nambour as a labourer in Montville in the census of 1925 he is listed in Deep Creek, Gympie as a Dairy Farmer In the census of 1930 he is listed in Herberton, North Queensland as a Miner
On 1st March,1922 he married Sophie Daw Lark . Sophie died on 28/6/1924 ....Pte Bates never remarried and left for Herberton.
This began a lifelong friendship with Bill Todd's grandparents and parents and he lived with them til the day he died. He was in a mining partnership for 15 years with Granddad Harry until an accident prevented him going underground. He then worked as a timber cutter and also became a well known local beekeeper.
Pte Wilfred Sammy Bates died In Herberton on 20th March 1963 aged 72 and is buried in Herberton Cemetery Row 30 Plot 24 C of E section RIP
Courtesy of Adopt a Digger, as told by my dear friend Bill Todd.
Submitted 7 February 2021 by Lynette Turner
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