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RAYMENT, William Charles

Service Number:	49
Enlisted:	29 June 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	First Class Air Mechanic
Last Unit:	Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
Born:	Jan Juc, Victoria, Australia , 22 January 1892
Home Town:	Surrey Hills, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Surrey Hills State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Hot water/Heating engineer
Died:	Died of Illness (POW of Turkey - nephritis), Taurus, Turkey, 11 November 1916, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery Plot XXI. Row O. Grave 22
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Camberwell War Memorial, Surrey Hills WWI, The Shrine, Torquay Point Danger War Memorial

World War 1 Service

29 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 49, Melbourne, Victoria
21 Jul 1915:	Promoted First Class Air Mechanic, Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
10 Aug 1915:	Involvement First Class Air Mechanic, 49, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Persia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
10 Aug 1915:	Embarked 49, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), RMS Persia, Melbourne
11 Nov 1916:	Involvement 49, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 49 awm_unit: Australian Flying Corps awm_rank: Air Mechanic awm_died_date: 1916-11-11

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