PORTER, William Ridgeway
| Service Number: | 1746 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dublin, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 3 May 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Breakfast Point War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 12 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1746, 18th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1746, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1746, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
18th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Regimental number-1746
He was 21 and the son of William Dempsey Porter and his wife Rebecca Jane Ridgeway.
Address-Elonora, Collong Road, Vauclause Bay, Sydney, New South Wales-this is the address of his friend, Mrs Wilson.
Enlistment date-12 May 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll-21 May 1915
Rank on enlistment-Private
Age at embarkation-23 [sic]
AWM Embarkation Roll number-23/35/2
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A61 Kanowna on 19 June 1915.
Rank from Nominal Roll- Commissioned-Lieutenant
He is remembered on the Great War Memorial in All Saints Church, Constitution Hill, Dublin 7.
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