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PRESSLEY, William Hawden

Service Number:	3016
Enlisted:	20 September 1916, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia , 11 April 1889
Home Town:	Peeramon, Tablelands, Queensland
Schooling:	Peechalba State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Aeroplane Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium Plot 111, Row A, Grave No 24., Aeroplane Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Atherton War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Malanda Eacham Memorial Gates, Peeramon and District Roll of Honour, Wangaratta Peechelba School WWI Honour Board

World War 1 Service

20 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3016, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
27 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 3016, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 3016, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane
29 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3016, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Missing in Action,

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