William Charles LEE

LEE, William Charles

Service Numbers: 1981, N280558
Enlisted: 13 January 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: Australian Army Postal Corps
Born: Coburg, Victoria, 30 August 1888
Home Town: Willoughby, Willoughby, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Plasterer
Died: Natural causes, Turramurra, New South Wales, 17 August 1963, aged 74 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

13 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1981, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, New South Wales
13 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1981, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
13 Apr 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1981, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney
1 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1981, Australian Army Postal Corps

World War 2 Service

22 Sep 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, N280558

World War 1 Service

Date unknown: Wounded 1981

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Biography

Bill enlisted at Liverpool, NSW on 13.1.1915 and assigned to the 2nd Bn, 5th Rein and later transferred to the AA Postal Corps, he embarked from Sydney on 13.4.1915 onboard HMAT A55 Kyarra and returned to Australia onboard HMT Kashmer leaving England on 9.3.1919. Three years after returning to Australia he married & went on to have children.