GLADDISH, William Lewis
| Service Number: | 1520 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Birling, Kent, England., 1889 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Grevillers British Cemetery Grave II. D. 12., Grevillers British Cemetery, Grevillers, Picardie, France, Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1520, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 8 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1520, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was actually born Lewis William and even at the time of the 1901 Census, his name was recorded thus.
Births Sep 1889 Gladdish Lewis William Malling 2a 618
1901 Census Lewis W Gladdish Age:11
Father's name:George
Mother's name:Eliza
Where born:
Birling, Kent, England
Civil parish:Birling
Ecclesiastical parish:Birling All Saints
Town:Birling
CountyKent
Country:England
Registration district:
Malling
Sub-registration district:
Aylesford
Household Members-Name-Age
Frank John Cocks
21
Eliza Gladdish
54
George Gladdish
56
Lewis W Gladdish
11
His brother also fell whilst serving with British forces. He was Stoker 1st Class Edward Gladdish- Royal Navy-Service No:290188, -(RFR/PO/IC/3826). H.M.S. "Good Hope.". Aged 34-died 01/11/1914.
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