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YATES, William Allan
Personal Details
Service Number: | 11798 |
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Enlisted: | 12 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Driver |
Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Ammunition Column |
Born: | Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1898 |
Home Town: | Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Engineer |
Died: | Heidleberg, Victoria, Australia, 1962, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Interred in the Thomas Simmons Lawn, Row CP, Grave 76 on 5 October 1962 and held in perpetuity for all time |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 11798, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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28 Jan 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 11798, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
28 Jan 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 11798, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
29 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column | |
7 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , From 1st Divisional Ammunition Column | |
16 Jun 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , From 3rd Field artillery Brigade | |
15 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, From 2nd Field Artillery Brigade | |
21 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 11798, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of David Yates and Charlotte Partridge Yates nee Somes of 'Corralynn', Raglan Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Previously served in the Navy
Commenced return to Australia on 31 May 1919 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking on 12 July 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1924c William married Stella May Fox in Victoria