William Allan YATES

YATES, William Allan

Service Number: 11798
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
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World War 1 Service

12 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 11798, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
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

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Biography 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