William Eric PHEYSEY

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Service Number:	1394
Enlisted:	26 September 1914, William Eric Pheysey enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 26th September 1914 at Helena Vale, Western Australia.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stourport, Worcestershire, England, 9 January 1896
Home Town:	Geraldton, Western Australia
Schooling:	King Charles I Grammar School, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
Occupation:	Farm hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 22 July 1916, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Northampton Ajana District WWI Roll of Honour, Northampton War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

26 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1394, 11th Infantry Battalion, William Eric Pheysey enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 26th September 1914 at Helena Vale, Western Australia.
22 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1394, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
22 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1394, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle
1 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1394, 11th Infantry Battalion, William arrived in the Dardanelles as part of reinforcements in May 1915. On 1st August 1915 he was admitted to the 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station with bullet wounds to both legs (gun shot wound to left calf and right thigh). After receiving treatment he was sent via hospital ship first to Alexandria and then to Heliopolis where he disembarked on 6th August 1915 and was admitted to the 2nd General Hospital, Ghezireh. On 23rd September 1915 he was invalided to England where he was admitted to the Military Hospital at New End, Hampstead. In December 1915 he was awarded 144 hours of detention for being absent from the hospital from 5pm to 9pm and breaking into the hospital by scaling walls. After 62 days in hospital, William was discharged on 6th December 1915.

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