William YATES

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Service Number:	4613
Enlisted:	13 August 1915, Enlisted at Lithgow, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Hamilton, Scotland, 1889
Home Town:	Lithgow, Lithgow, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia, 15 February 1953, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Linlithgow Cemetery, West Lothian, Scotland Baptist area, Row 2A
Memorials:

13 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4613, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lithgow, NSW
15 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 4613, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
15 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 4613, 2nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney
11 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Pioneer Battalion, From 2nd Battalion
30 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4613, 1st Pioneer Battalion
24 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4613, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Second occasion. Severe shrapnel wound to the left thigh. Invalided to England on 2 June 1918
19 Mar 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4613, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Adam Yates and Margaret Mackie Yates of 'Avon', Clywdd Street, Lithgow, NSW

Served a two year apprenticeship with Lamash Coliieries

Commenced return to Australia on 5 January 1919 aboard HS Kanowna as wounded disembarking on 14 March 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Laura Yates nee Bewisher. William and Laura married during 1920c in Sydney, NSW