William Wallace Hopkins AYRE

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AYRE, William Wallace Hopkins

Service Number:	1506
Enlisted:	14 December 1914, Townsville, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Somerton, Somerset, England, 24 April 1883
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Hart House School, Burnham, Somerset, England
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Pneumonia, 26th General Hospital, Etaples, France, 9 May 1916, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Etaples Military Cemetery V. C. 11 IN LOVING MEMORY OF ONE WHO FOUGHT AND DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

14 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion, Townsville, Queensland
13 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1506, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
13 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1506, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

William Wallace Hopkins AYRE was born in Somerton, Somerset, England on 24th April, 1883

His parents were William AYRE & Blanche WOOD

He enlisted in Townsville on 14th December, 1914 and embarked with the 9th Infantry Battalion, 3rd reinforcements from Brisbane on the HMAT Seang Choon on 13th February, 1915

William died from Pneumonia on 9th May, 1916 and is buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Age on arrival in Australia 21.

He is honoured on the Somerton War Memorial along with fellow Australian soldier casualty, Ernest Walter Atkinson.

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