KIRKWOOD, William John Clyde
| Service Number: | 1156 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 February 1915, Port Fairy, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hamilton, Victoria, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Buckley's Swamp School |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton Borough of Hamilton Roll of Honour, Hamilton War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Port Fairy, Victoria | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1156, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1156, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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William John Clyde KIRKWOOD was born in 1883 in Hamilton, Victoria
His parents were William KIRKWOOD and Mary Ann HUNTER
He married Annie Batchelor WRIGHT in 1905
William enlisted on 21st February, 1915 with the Australian Army - 22nd Battalion, A Company - Unit embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT Ulysses on 10th May 1915
He was Killed in Action on 5th August 1916 - No Known Grave - he is commemorated in the Australian National Memorial, Villers Bretonneux, France and also the Australian War Memorial
He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES (www.cwgc.org)
WAR FILE - Australian National Archives (recordsearch.naa.gov.au)
AIF PROJECT (www.aif.adfa.edu.au)
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