William George HASKEY

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Service Number:	798
Enlisted:	2 December 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, 18 December 1890
Home Town:	Surrey Hills, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Heidleberg, Victoria, Australia, 24 July 1937, aged 46 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Garden of Remembrance 1, Area 3, Niche 01
Memorials:

2 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 798, 39th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
1 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 39th Infantry Battalion, At Ballarat, prior to embarking
27 May 1916:	Involvement Corporal, 798, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
27 May 1916:	Embarked Corporal, 798, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
15 Nov 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 39th Infantry Battalion
20 Jun 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 798, 39th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to Neurasthenia

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Address at the tie of enlistment was C/- Durlston of Station Road, Surrey Hills, Victoria

Son of Willam John Haskey and Euphemia Maria Haskey nee Pond of Florence Road, Crouch Hill, London, England

Commenced return to Australia on 10 March 1918 aboard R.M.S. Orontes disembarking on 10 May 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victoriy Medal

During 1927c William married Winifred Isabel Poyton in Victoria