William Ronaldson VOLUM MID

VOLUM, William Ronaldson

    Service Number: 526
    Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Inverleigh, Victoria, Australia, 15 December 1890
    Home Town: Murgheboluc, Golden Plains, Victoria
    Schooling: Geelong Grammar School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Station Assistant
    Died: Heart disease, Frankston Community Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 26 November 1976, aged 85 years
    Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
    Cremation service held on 29 November 1976 with his ashes being spread at the cemetery. Commemorated in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
    Memorials: Inverleigh Parish of Inverleigh Honor Roll, Murgheboluc District and School Roll of Honour, Winchelsea Shire of Barrabool Residents Roll of Honor 2
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 526, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria
    21 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 526, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
    21 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 526, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 526, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    8 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 526, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Krithia
    9 May 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5th Infantry Battalion, Gallipoli
    14 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 526, 5th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
    6 Sep 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Infantry Battalion, France
    30 Jan 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left shoulder. Embarked for England on 4 February 1917
    24 Mar 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Infantry Battalion, England
    9 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens
    11 Jul 1919: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, London Gazette on 11 July 1919, page 8830, position 6 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 October 1919, page 1659, position 43
    10 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of William Forrester Volum and Elizabeth Ann Volumnee Logan of 'Roxby Park', Murgheboluc, Victoria. Brother of John Hutchinson Gordon MSM Volum who returned to Australia on 2 December 1918.

    Commenced return to Australia on 12 June 1919 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 27 July 1919

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

    During 1921c William married Fay Margaret Buckland in Victoria

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