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DARLEY, William Jonathan
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 76 |
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| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tootgarook, Victoria, Australia, 27 July 1882 |
| Home Town: | Port Fairy, Moyne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Flinders State School No.841, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Engine Driver |
| Died: | Auburn, New South Wales, Australia, 27 May 1966, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: | Flinders WWI War Memorial, Port Fairy War Memorial, Rye State School Honour Roll |
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World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 76, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Sergeant, 76, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 15 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
| 27 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Sep 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, Brigade Machine Gun Officer (Temporary) | |
| 1 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 6th Machine Gun Company, Captain (Temporary) and Commanding Officer | |
| 19 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, 6th Machine Gun Company, Embarked Alexandria, Egypt. 26 March, 1916, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 21st Infantry Battalion, Relinquishes command of 6th Machine Gun Company and reverts to Lieutenant | |
| 30 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , shell fragment left little toe, to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station | |
| 12 May 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 21st Infantry Battalion, Struck off strength and embarked Tilbury, England per HMAT Wiltshire. Disembarked Melbourne 30 June, 1917. | |
| 30 Jun 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 21st Infantry Battalion, Appointment terminated |
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