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LONSDALE, William John
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6942A |
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Enlisted: | 14 August 1917 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Nilma, Baw Baw, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 October 1918, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
14 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6942A, 23rd Infantry Battalion | |
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21 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 6942A, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
21 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 6942A, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Rankin
Enlisted and served as Joseph Smith