REVATTO, William Edward
| Service Number: | 2655 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 14 March 1897 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horse driver |
| Died: | Cooks Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 4 December 1925, aged 28 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 1-20. 65 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2655, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2655, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2655, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 13 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2655, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), gassed, GSW right arm, elbow, severe | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2655, 53rd Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Gassed, GSW to right elbow | |
| 23 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2655, 53rd Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
“I Once was Lost, but Now am Found”.
95 years ago today, on the Saturday afternoon of the 5th December 1925 (3 funerals on this day), Private William Edward Revatto, 53rd Battalion (Reg No-2655), horse driver from 5 Rae Street, Randwick, New South Wales and 6 Queen Street, Cooks Hill, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 28. CATHOLIC 1-20. 65.
Born at Newcastle, New South Wales on the 14th March 1897 to Edward and Eleanor Revatto; husband of Elizabeth Revatto nee Wills (married ?, died ?), William enlisted June 1915 with the 1st Battalion at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 7.11.1915 (pyrexia).
Wounded in action - 19.7.1916 (GSW buttock and loin, mild, Battle of Fromelles), 24.4.1918 (gassed, GSW right arm, elbow, severe).
Disembarked Capetown, South Africa, 10.3.1919 suffering from pyonephrosis, reported wounded 2nd occasion. William returned home June 1919, being discharged on the 23rd December 1919.
I have not located Mr Revatto’s name inscribed on any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
I located William resting in an unmarked grave, another Forgotten Digger of The Great War, so December 2017 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite to honour his service for God, King and Country.
An application for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip submitted January 2019, and was accepted February 2019.
Completed July 2019.
Honour and dignity restored.
The dead are only ever truly forgotten when they are spoken of no more.
Lest We Forget.
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