WHITECROSS, William
| Service Number: | 980 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Enlisted at Echuca, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dundee, Angus, Scotland, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Echuca, Campaspe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial Panel 29, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 980, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Echuca, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 980, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 980, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Killed at the landing |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Reid Whitecross and Mary Hislop Whitecross of Dundee, Scotland
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Served a 4 year apprenticeship with A. G, McPherson
Also served in the 2nd Black Watch Battalion for about 4 years
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
· Date of enlistment: 19.08.1914
· Place of enlistment: Echuca, Victoria.
Australian Infantry 7th Battalion
His parents lived at “Craigie Cottage” Tayport, Fife.
Dundee Courier 6th December 1916.
TAYPORT AUSTRALIAN FALLS IN ACTION
Mr and Mrs Whitecross, Tayport, has received official intimation that their second son, Private William Whitecross, of the Australian Infantry Brigade, who was previously reported wounded and missing on 25th April, 1915, was killed on that date. Deceased was 28 years of age , and served his apprenticeship as a gardener at Glamis Castle. He joined the First Australian Contingent in Melbourne.
Dundee paid a high price for her war efforts. By the armistice, over 4,000 men and several women had made the ultimate sacrifice. Their names are recorded in the city’s Roll of Honour.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
There is a Wm R. Whitecross on the Tayport War Memorial which stands at the junction of Craig Road and Dougall Street in
Tayport, North East Fife, DD6 9LD, Scotland.
It is a brick and stone arch with metal gates at the centre. Names of the fallen are on bronze plaques mounted on each side of the gateway.
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