William Thomas LAW

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Service Number:	5639
Enlisted:	1 August 1916, Enlisted at Prahran
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sale, Victoria, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Punk Road, State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Illness - Bronchial Pneumonia, France, 1 December 1918
Cemetery:	Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension Plot V111, Row B, Grave 37 Headstone inscription reads: Sweet to our memory and dear to our hearts our hero Daddy, Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Busigny, Cambrai, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

1 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5639, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Prahran
25 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 5639, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 5639, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
23 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5639, Gassed - in the field
1 Dec 1918:	Involvement Private, 5639, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5639 awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-12-01

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Husband of Beatrice Ellen Law of 8 Victory Square, Armadale, Victoria; previously 7 Medley Street, South Yarra, Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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