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MANNING, William Robert

Service Numbers:	69, 1760, 1760A
Enlisted:	12 March 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1 January 1894
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll, Bendigo Myers Employees Roll of Honor, Bendigo St. Andrews Presbyterian Church "They Died That We May Live" Roll of Honor, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

12 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 69, 24th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 69, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 69, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
9 Feb 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 69, 24th Infantry Battalion, RTA 3 September 1915 (with debility following pneumonia) and discharged as medically unfit.
22 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1760, 38th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
20 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1760, 38th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, HMAT A54 Runic
20 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 1760, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
20 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 1760, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
26 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 38th Infantry Battalion, Suffix A added to SN on 22 November 1916
27 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1760A, 38th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, GSW to left leg sustained during a trench raid at Bois Grenier. Evacuated to hospital (France). Rejoined unit 7 April 1917.
4 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 38th Infantry Battalion, Belgium
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1760A, 38th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 1760A, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1760A awm_unit: 38th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-06-07

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