William Walter VAN DEN BOSCH

VAN DEN BOSCH , William Walter

    Service Number: 2239
    Enlisted: 14 July 1915
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 48th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Nieuwkoop, South Holland , 15 August 1882
    Home Town: Derby, Derby-West Kimberley, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Stockman
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2239, 28th Infantry Battalion
    1 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 2239, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle
    1 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 2239, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    24 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, From 28th Battalion
    6 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2239, 48th Infantry Battalion, Fractured shoulder. Transferred to England aboard hospital ship on 9 August 1916
    10 Apr 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2239, 48th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the left shoulder
    29 Oct 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2239, 48th Infantry Battalion

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Did a carpentry aprenticeship

    Next of kin given as his brother Cornelius Willem Van Den Bosch of Kalverstraat, Amsterdam, Holland

    Having been discharged in London as being medically unit for all services his residential address in November 1917 was given as Gladstone Road, Halifax, Yorkshire. 

    Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Husband of Phyllis Vandenbosch of Hare Street, Hopwood Lane, Halifax, Yorkshire

     

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