William POWELL

POWELL, William

    Service Number: 4449
    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: Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Morawa War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 4449, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company)
    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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