William Gordon VARCOE

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Service Number:	1951
Enlisted:	22 October 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hillston, New South Wales, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Hillston, Carrathool, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Griffith, New South Wales, Australia, 17 July 1964, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Hillston Cemetery, New South Wales Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Hillston Memorial Park Gates

22 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1951, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 1951, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 1951, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
10 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion
7 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1951, 47th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the thigh
5 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1951, 47th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion.
3 Jun 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion , From 47th Battalion
20 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1951, 45th Infantry Battalion , Third occasion. Wound to the buttock and invalided to England on 23 September 1918
16 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1951, 45th Infantry Battalion , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Edwin Charles Varcoe and Ellen Isabel Varcoe of Hillston, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 12 December 1918 aboard HT Karoola disembarking on 31 January 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1930c William married Elizabeth V. Eade in Hay, NSW