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POWELL, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4449 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Talbot, Vic., November 1883 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | War related - Tuberculosis, Perth, WA, 6 December 1927 |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Roman Catholic GC 0235 |
| Memorials: | Morawa War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 4449, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
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| 1 Jun 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 4449, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 4449, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 4449, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 4449, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 22 Jun 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 4449, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Returned to Australia, 6/12/1917. Medically discharged Pulmonary Tuberculosis. |
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