DAW, William
| Service Number: | 2043 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 October 1914, Bendigo, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Army Service Corps Companies |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Urquhart Street State School, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Department Manager, Myer Bendigo, Vic. |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Alexandria, Egypt, 17 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Row J, Grave No. 58, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Bendigo, Victoria | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, 2043, 300th Company Mechanical Transport, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, 2043, 300th Company Mechanical Transport, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 12 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2043, Army Service Corps Companies, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, SW/GSW to chest sustained while delivering supplies to forward posts at Gallipoli. Evacuated to No. 15 General Hospital, Alexandria, where he died of wounds on 17 August 1915. | |
| 17 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2043, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2043 awm_unit: 9th Australian Army Service Corps Company awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-17 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Brother: Leslie Edward DAW, 8th Btn, killed in action 1 August 1918 at Hazebrouck, France.
Biography
"CORPORAL WM. DAW.
Corpl. Daw was the son of Mrs. Daw, of 403 Urquhart street. He was 30 years of age and single. He was well-known in Ballarat, having been for many years with H. Davies and Co., drapers, and later with Myers, drapers, Bendigo. He enlisted from Bendigo, and left as a corporal in the motor transport, but on reaching Egypt was transferred to the supply ship Trewallard. He was well known in rowing circles, and was a keen rifle shot. He has two brothers in camp - Pte. Les and Ern Daw." - from the Ballarat Courier 04 Sep 1915 (nla.gov.au)
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