MONAGHAN, William Leo
| Service Number: | 4874 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | St Josephs Convent Boulder, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Mine trucker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 8 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Warloy-Baillon, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4874, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4874, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4874, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
| 8 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 4874, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4874 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-08 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Will's Roll of Honour form states that William "Enlisted with the 16th Bn, was a first-class footballer and cricketer and was well known in sporting circles on the Eastern Goldfields of WA."
Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1954), Friday 1 June 1917, page 4.
Mr. and Mrs. Monaghan, of. Johnston Street, Boulder, received word on Wednesday that, their son, Private Will Monaghan, reported missing in August last year, had been killed. He previously worked on the Ivanhoe mine, and played football with Mines Juniors and in senior matches with the Boulder team. Only 23 years of age, he had been on the fields since boyhood, receiving his education at St. Joseph's Convent School. His brother Thomas is still in France. He went to Gallipoli with reinforcements of the 11th Battalion, and has been wounded twice since landing on the 'western front.
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