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WYATT, William Victor Bailey
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3148 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Surrey Hills, Vic., 1893 |
| Home Town: | Surrey Hills, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Camberwell War Memorial, Surrey Hills WWI, The Shrine, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 3148, 5th Field Company Engineers, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 24 Nov 1915: | Involvement Sapper, 3148, 5th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Nov 1915: | Embarked Sapper, 3148, 5th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 3148, 5th Field Company Engineers, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3148 awm_unit: 5th Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Aaron and Elizabeth C WYATT, Essex Road, Surrey Hills, Vic.
William Victor Baily (Willie) Wyatt, from Essex Road Surrey Hills, was a 22 year-old carpenter when he enlisted on 31 July 1915 and was assigned to the 5th Field Company Engineers as a sapper. He was killed in action on 3 May 1917. He has no known grave, but is commemorated at the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux in France and on The Shrine in the Surrey Gardens.
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