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WOOLLEY, Gordon Samuel
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 1068, 1201 |
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Enlisted: | 11 August 1914 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 1892 |
Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Queens College, Hobart, Tasmania |
Occupation: | Dairy Farmer |
Died: | Killed in action, Pozieres, France, 5 August 1916 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
11 Aug 1914: | Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), 1068 | |
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19 Aug 1914: | Embarked Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), 1068, Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A35 Berrima | |
4 Mar 1915: | Discharged Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), 1068, Time expired | |
30 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1201, 26th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tas. | |
29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1201, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1201, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane | |
4 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, 1201, 26th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Embarked for Gallipoli | |
5 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, 1201, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Killed in action |
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