William VAN DRIEL

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Service Numbers:	309, 6358
Enlisted:	25 April 1914, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rotterdam Holland , 1888
Home Town:	Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 1 May 1918
Cemetery:	Le Peuplier Military Cemetery Row A, Grave No. 9
Memorials:

25 Apr 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 309, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 309, 10th Infantry Battalion, Embarked HT Ascanius at Adelaide, SA
19 Aug 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 309, 10th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to synovitis
10 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6358, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
24 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 6358, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Botanist embarkation_ship_number: A59 public_note: ''
24 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 6358, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Botanist, Melbourne
17 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery, From 12th Battalion
26 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Infantry Battalion, From 3rd Light Trench Mortar

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as C/- Barrier Cafe, Oxide Street Broken Hill, NSW.

Son of W. Van Driel of Adelaide Club Hotel, Broken Hill, NSW

Previously served with the Dutch Marines for six years.

Commenced return to Australia on 10 June 1915 aboard HT Kyarra

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Gertrude Ella Van Driel of George Street, Launceston, Tasmania. Father of William Lionel Van Driel