William Robert FULLER DCM

FULLER, William Robert

    Service Number: 3809
    Enlisted: 10 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 21st Infantry Battalion
    Born: Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1897
    Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
    Schooling: Central State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Messenger
    Died: Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 July 1919
    Cemetery: Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
    Methodist Section, Row P, Grave 27
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    1 Dec 1912: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 21st Infantry Battalion, In the field
    10 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3809, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
    8 Feb 1916: Involvement 3809, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
    8 Feb 1916: Embarked 3809, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne
    14 Sep 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 21st Infantry Battalion, In the field
    22 Mar 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 3809, 21st Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the right foot. Invalided to England on 26 March 1918
    26 Mar 1918: Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, Citation reads: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. On the enemy raiding our front line posts after a severe bombardment, he distributed his men in order to avoid casualties, keeping with himself two men and a machine gun. When the enemy were upon him, the machine gun jammed, but he threw bombs until the gun came into action again. Though a shell landed in the post, wounding and partly burying him, and killing one of the gunners, he maintained the defence single handed until he was again wounded. His courage, initiative and determination cannot be too highly praised. Source: Commonwealth Gazette No. 185 Date: 27 November 1918
    18 Jul 1919: Involvement Corporal, 3809, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3809 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1919-07-18

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Next of kin given as his brother James Fuller of 34 Harper Street, Westgarth, Vic

    20 October 1918 - commenced return to Australia on board HT Borda disembarking at Melbourne on 15 December 1918 for discharge with Pulmonary Tuberculosis

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Also served in the Senior Cadets for 2 years

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