Willie Hugh BIRD

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Service Number:	4361
Enlisted:	13 September 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1875
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Camp Hill State School, Bendigo, Victoria
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Killed in Action, Molenaarelshoek, Ypres, Belgium, 7 November 1917
Cemetery:	Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Plot XLVII, Row D, Grave 1,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Arnold Street Methodist Church Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, North Bendigo State School No 1267 Honour Roll

13 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4361, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
23 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4361, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
23 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4361, 23rd Infantry Battalion, RMS Malwa, Melbourne
3 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4361, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), SW to head and left hip. Evacuated to England. Rejoined unit 20 October 1917.
7 Nov 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4361, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres

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Parents: Peter and Elanor BIRD, 4 Mawson Street, Kew, Victoria, Australia. Native of Bendigo.

His father, Peter Bird, fought in the Crimean War; his uncle, William George Walker Bird, fought in the Indian Mutiny and at the siege of Lucknow.

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