William BARWICK MM

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Service Number:	6547
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia, 25 December 1887
Home Town:	Oatlands, Southern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Heart failure, Port Said, Egypt (HMAHS Kanowna), at sea , 18 January 1919, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Memorials:	Anthill Ponds & Woodbury Districts HR, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Oatlands Soldiers Memorial, Richmond War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

20 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6547, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6547, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne

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