William Edwin CONLON

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Service Number:	2134
Enlisted:	9 January 1916, Enlisted at Bombala, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	55th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bombala, New South Wales, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Bombala, Bombala, New South Wales
Schooling:	Catholic Convert, Bombala, New South Wales
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 26 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave. Commemorated in the Bombala Cemetery, NSW, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bombala War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

9 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2134, 55th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bombala, NSW
4 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2134, 55th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
4 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2134, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney

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Son of John Pierre Conlon and Catherine Conlon of Bombala; brother of Lena Conlon of 650 Crown Street, Surry Hills, NSW

British War Medal, Victory Medal