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ALWAY, Willie
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1059 |
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Enlisted: | 7 January 1916 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 9th Machine Gun Company |
Born: | Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
Home Town: | Bulahdelah, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 8 June 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bulahdelah District Roll of Honour WWI, Bulahdelah War Memorial, Nabiac Public School Honour Roll, Nabiac War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
7 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1059, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1059, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
8 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 1059, 9th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1059 awm_unit: 9th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-06-08 |
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