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WHITTAKER, William John

Service Number:	6390
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia, 10 February 1892
Home Town:	Queanbeyan, Queanbeyan, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 31 August 1918, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Queanbeyan District Methodist Church Honor Roll, Queanbeyan Public School Great War Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

11 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6390, 17th 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, 6390, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney

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