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NEWMAN, William Charles Frederick

Service Number:	1567
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Coburg, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Busselton, Western Australia
Schooling:	State School Coburg, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Fireman
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 29 July 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Remembered with honour on the Australian National Memorial, Villers- Bretonneux, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Busselton War Memorial, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

5 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1567, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
5 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1567, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Joy Dalgleish

Son of Charles & Elizabeth Newman