William Henry MARSHALL

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MARSHALL, William Henry

Service Numbers:	1708, 1708A
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	South Molton, Devonshire, England, 1893
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917
Cemetery:	Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Grave XXV. D. 20., Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

16 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 1708, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 1708, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1708A, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1708A awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-04

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 24th Bn.

He was 24 and the son of James and Sarah Jane Marshall, of Knowstone, Barnstaple, Devon, England.

Births Sep 1893 Marshall William Henry S. Molton 5b 422

Enlistment date October 1914 Private 24th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement.

Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 16 July 1915-at this time, he was said to be 21.

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