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DELANEY, William Charles

Service Number:	752
Enlisted:	16 November 1915, Narrabri, NSW (previously served in RAGA).
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newtown, Hobart, Tasmania, 1881
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Trinity Hill State School, Hobart, Tasmania
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 30 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Panel 23, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

16 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 752, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Narrabri, NSW (previously served in RAGA).
4 May 1916:	Involvement Corporal, 752, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Corporal, 752, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
15 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 752, 33rd Infantry Battalion
18 Sep 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Battle of Messines, At MESSINES on 15th July, 1917, for most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty. Under a continuous heavy barrage Private DELANEY attended to many of our wounded, and carried them to the Regimental Aid Post in full view of the enemy. Casualties that occurred in his sector could not be evacuated expeditiously through our trenches and this gallant man repeatedly carried them overland, absolutely regardless of all personal danger.
30 Sep 1917:	Involvement Private, 752, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 752 awm_unit: 33rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-30

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