William Robert MCWATERS

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MCWATERS, William Robert

Service Number:	7280
Enlisted:	13 October 1916, Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Whorouly, Victoria, 17 November 1889
Home Town:	Kiewa, Indigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of Illness (purpura hemorrhagica), France, 25 February 1918, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot 11 D 39, Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Tree Plaque:	Whorouly Avenue of Honour
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Whorouly & District War Heroes

World War 1 Service

13 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7280, 8th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Victoria
19 Feb 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7280, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 7280, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne

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Biography

McWATERS -In sad and loving memory of our dear son and brother Private W. R. McWaters, 24th Reinf, 8th Battalion, who died (hemorrhage) in France on the 25th February, 1918.
Far away from all his loved ones,
Soldiers gently laid him to rest:
In a faraway grave he is sleeping,
One of God s dearest and best.
Somewhere in France he is lying:
He answered his country's call:
He died, an Australian hero,
Fighting, to save us all.
You are not forgotten, Willie,
For true love never dies,
The dearest spot on earth
Is where our darling Willie lies.
-(Inserted by his loving mother sisters, and brothers.)

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