PRICE, William George
| Service Number: | 4395 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dalmorton, New South Wales, Australia , 1893 |
| Home Town: | Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Workshops Blacksmith's Striker |
| Died: | Bronchitis, Military Hospital Fovant, Wiltshire, England, 2 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Baverstock (St. Edith) Churchyard |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4395, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 4395, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 4395, 30th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Napier, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 22 and the son of Henry and Rachel Mary Price, of "Qvista," Empire St., Haberfield, Sydney.
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
William George Price was born at Dalmorton, New South Wales in 1893 to parents Henry & Rachel Mary Price (nee Fuller). His birth was registered in the district of Glen Innes, New South Wales in 1893.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 20th September, 1916 as a 22 year old, single, Labourer (listed as a Horse Driver in information supplied by his mother for the Roll of Honour) from Newtown, Sydney, NSW.
Private William George Price, Service number 4395, embarked from Sydney on SS Port Napier on 17th November, 1916 with the 8th Infantry Brigade, 30th Infantry Battalion, 11th Reinforcements & disembarked at Devonport, England on 29th January, 1917.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
On 17th February, 1917 Private Price was admitted sick to Military Hospital, Fovant, Wiltshire from 8th Training Battalion, Hurdcott, Wiltshire.
Private William George Price died at 11.45 a.m. on 2nd March, 1917 at Military Hospital Fovant, Wiltshire from Bronchitis.
He was buried in St. Edith’s Churchyard, Baverstock, Wiltshire, England where 28 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/baverstock.html
Biography contributed by John Oakes
William George PRICE, (Service Number 4395) was born at Dalmorton, NSW. He had almost a year’s service as a ‘blacksmiths’ striker’ at the Eveleigh railway workshops when he enlisted in Sydney on 20th September 1916. He was 27-years-old but gave his age to the Army as 22.
He was embarked from Sydney in November 1916 for England, landing in Devonport at the end of January 1917 and proceeding to a training battalion.
On 17th February he was sent sick to a military hospital in Fovant, where he died of bronchitis on 2nd March. He was buried in St Edith’s Churchyard Cemetery, Baverstock.
He had made an allotment of 3/- per day from his military pay for his mother, and after his death his mother and two sisters were granted pensions by the military authorities.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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