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SHANKLAND, William John Grant
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 24439 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 March 1916, Was an engineering student from Greenvale, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 27th Australian Field Artillery Battery |
| Born: | Greenvale, Victoria, Australia, December 1895 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Heidleberg, Victoria, Australia, 3 February 1980, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 24439, Was an engineering student from Greenvale, Victoria | |
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| 27 Jun 1916: | Embarked Driver, 24439, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne | |
| 27 Jun 1916: | Involvement Driver, 24439, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 24439, 27th Australian Field Artillery Battery, Battle of Messines | |
| 22 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 27th Australian Field Artillery Battery, On 22 June 1917 he transferred to 27 Battery, 7 Field Artillery Brigade (7 FAB) and was remustered as a Gunner ('at own request') on 30 December. | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 24439, 27th Australian Field Artillery Battery, Menin Road | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 24439, 27th Australian Field Artillery Battery, Broodseinde Ridge | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 24439, 27th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele | |
| 31 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 24439, Mont St Quentin / Peronne | |
| 18 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 24439, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal | |
| 8 Jan 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 27th Australian Field Artillery Battery, After the Armistice attended Corps Central School in France, from 8 January until 26 April 1919 | |
| 11 Oct 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, 24439, Return to Australia aboard HMT Main | |
| 25 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 24439 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Withers
William Shankland was a kind and gentle man who saw some of the bloodiest battles of World War 1.