HAY, William Morris
| Service Number: | 1931 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 November 1915, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia, 8 February 1893 |
| Home Town: | Kongorong, Grant, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Mount Gambier High School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 24 April 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen O IX C 11 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kongorong Oval Memorial Gates, Mount Gambier Court Marian No 3316 AOF Roll of Honour, Mount Gambier High School Great War Roll of Honor, Mount Gambier War Memorial, Port MacDonnell War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1931, 48th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA | |
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| 13 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 1931, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 1931, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graeme Roulstone
William Morris Hay was born at Mount Gambier on 8 February 1893, the son of James and Mary Hay. He was enrolled at Mount Gambier High School on 21 January 1907 by his father James Hay, agent, of Chute Street, Mount Gambier. He left the school on 25 June 1907.
He enlisted in Adelaide on 15 December 1915 (22, farmer, single, Presbyterian), naming his father, James Hay of Kongorong as his next of kin, and embarked from Adelaide on the ‘Seang Bee’ on 13 July 1916. He was attached to the 12th Training Battalion in England for a time before being sent overseas to France on 8 January 1917 where he joined the 48th Battalion on 17 January 1917. He was wounded in action (gunshot wound back and leg) on 11 April during the 4th Division’s attack at Bullecourt, died of wounds at the 1st Australian General Hospital in Rouen on 24 April 1917, and was buried in St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.
Published in Ours: the origins and early years of Mount Gambier High School and Old Scholars who served in the Great European War by Graeme Roulstone
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