William David HEPBURN

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Service Number:	637
Enlisted:	26 March 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wellington, New Zealand, 1883
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Drover
Died:	Died of wounds, At Sea on board HM Macheno, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 19 September 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 66 No known grave, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

26 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 637, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 637, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 637, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
16 Sep 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 637, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounds to the abdomen and thigh

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Husband of Ivy Victoria Hepburn of 19 Fitzroy Street, Footscray, Victoria; father of Mavis Victoria Hepburn

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

Also served for 13 years in the Royal Artillery; Served in South Africa for 18 months with the New Zealand Contingent