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BASTIAN, William James

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• Service History
• Personal Stories

Step 1: Personal Details

Service Number:	165
Enlisted:	28 August 1914, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd Field Company Engineers
Born:	Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Eaglehawk, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Illness (Pneumonia), Etaples, France, 8 December 1916
Cemetery:	Etaples Military Cemetery Plot XX, Row F, Grave No. 1A,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Eaglehawk St Peter's Honour Roll, Sailors Gully Eaglehawk North State School No. 1428 Honor Roll The Great War

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Step 2: Service History

World War 1 Service

28 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 165, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Melbourne, Vic.
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked Sapper, 165, 2nd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement Sapper, 165, 2nd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 165, 2nd Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli
7 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 165, 2nd Field Company Engineers, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli
28 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 165, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières
14 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 165, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Mouquet Farm

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

William James BASTIAN was born in Eaglehawk, Victoria in 1886

His parents were William James BASTIAN & Amelia TREGONING

William James BASTIAN was born in Eaglehawk, Victoria in 1886

His parents were William James BASTIAN & Amelia TREGONING

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• Australian War Memorial - Embarkation Roll
• Australian War Memorial Nominal Roll
• Australian War Memorial -Red Cross Wounded and Missing file
• Australian War Memorial -Roll of Honour and digitised circular
• National Archives of Australia - B2455, BASTIAN W J
• Trove digitised Newspaper Article - DIED OF ILLNESS
• Trove digitised Newspaper Article - EAGLEHAWK SOLDIER
• Trove digitised Newspaper Article - Family Notice
• Trove digitised Newspaper Article - LATE SAPPER W. J. BASTIAN.
• Trove digitised Newspaper Article - R BASTIAN - DIED OF WOUNDS
• William James’ Commonwealth War Graves Commission record

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