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HARVEY, William Victor
| Service Number: | 1349 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Norwood, Adelaide, South Australia , 1890 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Norwood Primary School |
| Occupation: | Painter- throughout his service he would paint battle feilds |
| Memorials: | Murray Bridge Roll of Honour WW1, Norwood Primary School Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1349, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1349, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 1349, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
William Victor Harvey, or Bill (a nickname he commonly used), was a painter before he enlisted himself to fight in World War II. He was born in January 1898, being 22 when he enlisted. The son of Edward John Harvey was born and raised in the suburb of Norwood, Adelaide. Little is known of his life before his enlistment, other than he attended Norwood Primary School.
His father moved to Murray Bridge, which is where he stayed throughout the war. William’s religion followed the Presbyterian church.
William had a rather an average height of 5'7, with brown hair and bluish-grey eyes.
William sought to enlist in November of 1914, registering himself on the 27th, in Oaklands, South Australia. William Victor Harvey’s Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A46 Clan MacGillivray on 2 February 1915, where he stayed in France for the next 2 years.
William had many casualties, hospitalizations, and promotions but also reductions. His first recorded instance is when he was suspended for 4 days on April 4th, 1917, due to neglecting orders of officers in badges. Hinting to us that his personality may have been more mischievous. Relating to hospitalizations throughout his service, he had approximately 7 hospitalizations, his last one- wounded in action on the 18th September 1918 - saw him sent to hospital in the UK, resulting in his end of service.
William Victor Harvey was discharged from his service on the 28th of April in 1919, due to injury obtained in action.
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