CARGILL, William
| Service Number: | 2129 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ithaca, Queensland, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Ithaca, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Saw Miller |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" 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
| 17 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2129, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2129, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2129, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alexander and Margaret Jane Cargill of Claremont Street, Ithaca, QLD. Brother of George Cargill DCM who returned to Australia on 4 January 1919 having served with the 25th Battalion
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Memory, Victory Medal
Previously served with the Australian Naval and Expedition Force, Rabaul, New Guinea
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
William Cargill enlisted in the 6th reinforcements, 4th Battalion 17 May 1915, arrived on Gallipoli on the 4 August 1915 and was killed in action at Lone Pine only two days later, 6 August 1915.
He was still only 21 years of age. His younger brother George Cargill enlisted around the time of William’s death, at only 18 years of age. George won the DCM at Villiers Bretonneux for singlehandedly taking out 5 German machine gun crews.
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