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OVEREND, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4439 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 February 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Narrogin, Narrogin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 1 July 1958, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Unmarked grave. Anglican, Section ZK, Grave 0195 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 4439, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 16 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 4439, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 4439, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle | |
| 31 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), From 6th Tunnelling Company | |
| 19 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 4439, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Wound to the chest. Transferred to England on 26 April 1917 aboard HS Stad Antwerpen | |
| 31 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 4439, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 5 Oct 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 4439, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding, tuberculosis and overage |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Overend and Mary Ryan formerly of Bungendore, NSW Overend formerly of Cootamundra, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 27 July 1917 aboard HT Demosthenes disembarking on 18 September 1917
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal