William BARRY

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Service Number:	505
Enlisted:	12 July 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1882
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery:	Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row K, Grave 35.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 505, Depot Battalion , Brisbane, Queensland
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 505, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 505, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
7 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 505, 31st Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Suez, Egypt
16 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 505, 31st Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Hororata"
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 505, 31st Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 505, 31st Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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Step-father, Mr Sheshea, Ipswich Road, near Charson's Hotel, South Brisbane, Queensland

His personal effect were shipped to Melbourne awaiting a claimant in 1920.