William John STINSON

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STINSON, William John

Service Number:	6379
Enlisted:	20 October 1916, Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Fermanagh Ireland, 1886
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 28 September 1917
Cemetery:	Aeroplane Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium Special Memorial B. I
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

20 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6379, 27th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, WA
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6379, 27th Infantry Battalion, Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A35 Berrima
28 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6379, 50th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Next of kin-Father, James Stinson, Inniskillin, Fermanagh, Ireland.Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 23 December 1916.

He is remembered on the Enniskillen War Memorial which is the County Fermanagh War Memorial ; he was born in the county and his father lived at Enniskllen/Inniskllin. Enniskillen is the county town of Fermanagh as well as its largest town.

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