William John DEMPSEY

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Service Number:	1910
Enlisted:	19 January 1916, Place of Enlistment Cairns Queensland
Last Rank:	Shoeing-Smith Corporal
Last Unit:	4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
Born:	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 11 December 1892
Home Town:	Herberton, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland
Schooling:	Herberton State School Herberton, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Sawmiller; Councillor on Herberton Shire Council, 1929-1930, 1933-1946, 1949-1952
Died:	26 September 1977, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Evelyn Scrub War Memorial, Herberton War Memorial, Padre White Memorial Chapel

19 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1910, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Place of Enlistment Cairns Queensland
22 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 1910, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
22 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 1910, 11th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Malwa, Sydney
23 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Light Horse Reinforcements, Taken on Strength to 3rd Light Horse Regiment
23 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, Light Horse Reinforcements, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, Trained as a Machine Gunner at Imperial School of Instruction, Zeitoun, Egypt
23 Feb 1917:	Transferred 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
31 Oct 1917:	Involvement 4th Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Beersheba
20 Apr 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith Corporal, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Egyptian uprising - Damanhour, Egypt
14 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith Corporal, 1910, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Returned to Australia on Dongala - Disembarkation on 28-08-1919

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