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BOUCHER, William Joseph
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 25A, 25 |
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Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Kangaroo Flat, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 28, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Buckley Street Methodist Sunday School, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Webster Street Methodist Church Sunday School Roll of Honor, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 25A, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria | |
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18 Aug 1914: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Infantry Battalion, Appointed to 7th Battalion HQ as Batman (Private). | |
20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 25A, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 25A, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
25 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 25, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 25 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-04-25 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Mary Boucher of 14 Forest Street, Bendigo, Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal