William Roy PUGSLEY

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PUGSLEY, William Roy

Service Number:	1791
Enlisted:	7 June 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia, 3 February 1897
Home Town:	Parkes, Parkes, New South Wales
Schooling:	Parkes Public School and Forbes High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Law clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 22 August 1915, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Parkes & District Cenotaph, Parkes Methodist Church Roll of Honor, Parkes Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Parkes Remembrance Walk

World War 1 Service

7 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1791, Liverpool, New South Wales
19 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1791, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
19 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1791, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney
16 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1791, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"Another Parkes boy, Roy Pugsley, was reported "missing" a little while, ago, and no further tidings have since been received of him." - from the Forbes Advocate 17 Dec 1915 (nla.gov.au)

Biography contributed by Sylvia Lasker

Roy [William] was my mother's brother therefore he would have been my uncle. I did not have the privilige of knowing him, however, I am fortunate enough to have in my possesssion the letters he wrote home along with the letters that the family wrote to him. I'm sorry to say that I do not have his last letter home which I believe was probably buried with my Grandfather who passed away a few short years after Roy's death. That letter was dated four days after Roy's reported death. I also have two letters written by soldiers who were with him at the time who tell details of the battle on the 26th August and both say that Roy was with them. My grandfather as a result of these letters could not give up hope that maybe he would be found.

I was not fortunate enough to know either Roy or my Grandfather but through these letters I feel that I do know them and hope that they are together again.

With much gratitude and love

Rhonda

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