FOLPP, William James
| Service Number: | 2735 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 February 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Shoeing-Smith |
| Last Unit: | 15th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Baerami, New South Wales, Australia, 29 March 1896 |
| Home Town: | Denman, Muswellbrook, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia, 10 December 1969, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Denman Cemetery, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Baerami Goulburn River District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2735, Camel Corps | |
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| 9 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 2735, Camel Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 9 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 2735, Camel Corps, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney | |
| 18 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 2735, 15th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd MD |
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From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery for Gary's good friend Vicki M Blackman.
Let us remember a brave Fallen soldier of The Great War in Denman Cemetery, N.S.W.
Shoeing Smith William James Folpp SERN 2735, 15th Australian Light Horse Regiment.
Born 29.3.1896, Baerami, New South Wales, single farmer from "Diamond Point", Baerami, N.S.W., enlisted 19.2.1917, Singleton, N.S.W., age 20 years 10 months, March 1917 Reinforcements, Reg No-2735, unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney 9.5.1917, disembarked Suez, Egypt 20.6.1917, appointed shoeing smith 4.8.1918, admitted to hospital 3.10.1918 with debility not stated, commenced return to Australia 26.1.1919, RTA invalided 2.3.1919, 15th Australian Light Horse Regiment, discharged 18.6.1919, died 10.12.1969, Kurri Kurri, N.S.W., age 73, resting at Denman Cemetery, N.S.W., not officially commemorated.
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