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IRVING, William Robert
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 5034, 5038 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Daylesford, Victoria, Australia, 4 July 1893 |
| Home Town: | Moyarra, South Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Heart Attack, Korumburra, Victoria, Australia, 9 September 1981, aged 88 years |
| Cemetery: |
Korumburra Civil Cemetery, Victoria |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5034, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 3 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5034, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne | |
| 3 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5034, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Nov 1916: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Post WW1), 5034, 21st Infantry Battalion, AFC / RFC operations Western Front / Middle East | |
| 12 Aug 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, AFC / RFC operations Western Front / Middle East, Near Villers Bretonnaus on the morning of 4th July 1918, this man carried out most effective work as a sniper | |
| 19 Jan 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 5038, 24th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Val Stevens
William was born in 1893, the third child of William Irving and his wife Ellen nee Rae.
He moved with his family to Moyarra in 1909.
After his return to Australia he married Anne Gertrude Bunn in 1922. He and Annie raised 5 children'
Bill first worked as a contractor with his brother making dams, but then joined what was then the P.M.G. and was in the party of workers who installed the first telephone lines to Wilson's Promontory.
He retired in 1958.
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