CONWELL, William Harold
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 20 March 1916, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, 10 June 1891 |
| Home Town: | Gympie, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Ipswich Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Solicitor |
| Died: | 1978, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 27 Oct 1916: | Involvement 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1916: | Embarked 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mrs Janet Summers Conwell, Gympie, Queensland
Military Cross
'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He took charge of his company and worked untiringly, pushing positions forward and encouraging his men at a moment when they were in danger owing to our own shell fire falling short. By his personal example and energy he got his men to dig deep trenches for their protection, in spite of their being greatly exhausted.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 219
Date: 20 December 1917
William became a practisicing Solictor in Gypmie before the war and continued to serve the services as a Legal Staff Officer from 1st July 1920 to 1st Janury 1940. He continued to practice in the areas of probate and inheritance law until 1961 when he retired.
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