William John CARRUCAN

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Service Number:	5317
Enlisted:	20 February 1916, Cootamunda, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kew, Victoria, Australia, January 1894
Home Town:	Cootamundra, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 2 March 1917
Cemetery:	Warlencourt British Cemetery Buried at an isolated grave Le Sars near Bapaume. Reinterred 1925 Walencourt British Cemetery Plot 8 Row C Grave 49.,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

20 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 20th Infantry Battalion, Cootamunda, NSW
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 5317, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
22 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 5317, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney

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William John CARRUCAN was born in Kew, Victoria in 1894

His parents were Patrick CARRUCAN & Ellen CARROLL

His brother Michael Joseph CARRUCAN (SN 3603) also served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919