William John WAGNER MiD

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Service Number:	2290
Enlisted:	2 June 1915, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Woodsdale, Tasmania, May 1890
Home Town:	Runnymede, Southern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural causes, Hobart, Tasmania, 4 August 1956
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Cremated
Memorials:	Lindisfarne Officers of the 12th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll

2 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2290, Claremont, Tasmania
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2290, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Fremantle
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2290, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2290, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
10 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery
26 Feb 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2290, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages
2 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery
1 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion
19 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion
19 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Shell wound (back)
14 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion

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