William David BOAL

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BOAL, William David

Service Number:	2133
Enlisted:	10 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland, 1880
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

10 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2133, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
16 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2133, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: Name incorrecly recorded on original roll as "William David Bohl"
16 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2133, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Next of kin given as his brother Thomas Boal of 27 Grosvenor Road, Belfast, Ireland

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Served in the Boer War for two year

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

The 155 men of the 6th reinforcements to the 4th Battalion embarked from Sydney on 16 June 1915. They stopped at Fremantle on the way and they disembarked in Egypt on the 21st July and only two weeks later the bulk of them landed the at Anzac to reinforce the 4th Battalion. No time for training.

They landed at Gallipoli on the 4 August 1915.

William David Boal was killed in action 2 days later at Lone Pine.

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