William Alfred FITCH

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Service Number:	538
Enlisted:	9 July 1915, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	5th Divisional Signal Company
Born:	Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Brighton, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling:	Brighton State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 25 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

9 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 538, Melbourne
10 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 538, 29th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 538, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
1 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 5th Divisional Signal Company
25 Sep 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 538, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 538 awm_unit: 5th Australian Division Signals Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1917-09-25

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