William Edmund COTTER

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Service Number:	7456
Enlisted:	20 February 1917, Enlisted at Ashfield, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tuena, New South Wales, Australia, 1877
Home Town:	Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney High School, New South Wales
Occupation:	Solicitor
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 April 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Yeoval NSW Solicitors in WWI Honour Roll

20 Feb 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7456, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ashfield, NSW
10 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 7456, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
10 May 1917:	Embarked Private, 7456, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
15 Dec 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 34th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 12th Battalion to the 34th Battalion in the field
3 Apr 1918:	Involvement Private, 7456, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7456 awm_unit: 34th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-03

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Son of Stephen James and Catherine Cotter of 55 Alt Street, Ashfield, NSW; brother of Helen Adelaide Cotter

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the High School Cadets