Wilfred George YATES

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Service Number:	6414
Enlisted:	27 October 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dungog, New South Wales, Australia, 15 December 1891
Home Town:	Craven, Gloucester Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 16 March 1972, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

27 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6414, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
11 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6414, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6414, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
4 Oct 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 18th Infantry Battalion, In France
14 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6414, 18th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of William James Yates and Ellen Elizabeth Yates of Craven, NSW formerly of Dungog, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 5 September 1919 aboard HT Plassy disembarking on the 30 October 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Wilfred married Christina Tivendale Bisset in Sydney, NSW