WOODBURY, William John
| Service Number: | 1125 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 March 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 7th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Yarramalong, New South Wales, Australia, 24 August 1897 |
| Home Town: | Camperdown, Inner West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fitter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 19 October 1915, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 1 , Row H, Grave 3 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wyong Creek Public School Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1125, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 7 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1125, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Chilka embarkation_ship_number: A51 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1125, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Chilka, Sydney | |
| 19 Oct 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 1125, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1125 awm_unit: 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-10-19 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
7 October 1915 - Taken on strength 7 Light Horse; rank of Trooper
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Parents subsequentlg named their house 'Gallipoli
Biography contributed by Merridee Wouters
William John Woodbury was born 24th August 1897 at Yarramalong to William Thomas and Susannah (Bailey) Woodbury.
He was living at 42 Kingston Rd, Camperdown, Sydney, working as a fitter when he enlisted at Liverpool, NSW on 8 March 1915, several months shy of his 18th birthday. He gave his mother as his next of kin, as his father had died 6 years previously at the age of 48.
Private William Woodbury was a Trooper with the 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment which sailed from Sydney on 7th June 1915 on HMAT Chilka. He was killed in action at Gallipoli on 19th October 1915, and is buried at Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey.
On his death, his mother renamed her house 'Gallipoli'.
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