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BATCHELOR, William Michael
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 636, 686 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Colac, Victoria, Australia, 4 July 1895 |
| Home Town: | Colac, Colac-Otway, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 6 November 1916, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Colac Soldier's Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 636, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 636, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 6 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 686, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 686 awm_unit: 23 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-06 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ray Canning
William was born Flanigan at Colac, Vic - to Rosannah Flanigan - no father recorded on birth record, - he has two half-siblings - Beatrice Sarah & Ethel May Phillis, both born Batchelor.
He adopted the family name of his mother's partner - Robert Batchelor - who married Rosannah shortly after William's birth.