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VON SCHILL, William Alfred
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7909A |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia, 17 July 1894 |
| Home Town: | Latrobe, Latrobe, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sadler |
| Died: | Died of Wounds - shell wounds to the feet, 41st Casualty Clearing Station, France, 24 August 1918, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot V1, Row C, Grave 32. Headstone inscription reads: I have love Thee with an everlasting love Jeremiah C.XXX1-3V. Gone but not forgotten |
| Memorials: | Latrobe War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7909A, 1st Australian General Hospital, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 7909A, 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 7909A, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 16th Field Ambulance, In London, England | |
| 4 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 10th Field Ambulance | |
| 4 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 10th Field Ambulance, From 16th Field Ambulance | |
| 23 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7909A, 10th Field Ambulance, Shell wound to both feet. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Herman Charles William F. Von Schill and Mary Elizabeth Von Schill nee Bergmann of Latrobe, Tasmania.
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal