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WHIMPEY, William Claude

Service Number:	2013
Enlisted:	20 July 1915, Bendigo
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tarnagulla, Victoria, Australia, 26 January 1895
Home Town:	Tarnagulla, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	Tarnagulla State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dunolly Great War Memorial, Tarnagulla M.U.I.O.O.F. Loyal Garibaldi Lodge Honor Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

20 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2013, Bendigo
26 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2013, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
26 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2013, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
3 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2013, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)

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