NORTH, William Edward
| Service Number: | 1997 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bisham, Berkshire, England, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Bisham Council School, Berkshire, England |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, At sea (HS Gloucester Castle), 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Row N, Grave 13 Headstone inscription reads: Remembered ever by his loving wife and son Percy, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1997, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1997, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1997, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 31 years. Address at the time of enlistment was Bond Street, West Hindmarsh, SA
Son of Henry and Mary North.
Husband of Alice Ann North of Hannington Villa, Lower Brook Street, Basingstoke, England. Father of Percy Edward North
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Dec 1881 NORTH William Edward Cookham 2c 420
His son Percy appears to have been in 1905-William had married Alice Ann Fisher in 1904.
William is remembered on the Basingstoke War Memorial along with fellow Australian soldier, Private Brinley Richard Boyer who fell in action around the same date and who is also interred in Lone Pine Cemetery.
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